alt Hacker NewsThis is awkward.
Exhibit A - September 2025 - "Help build the future" - Cloudflare hires 1111 interns to "help build the future" [https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1111-intern-program/]
Exhibit B - May 2026 - "Building for the future" - Cloudflare lays off 1100 people, about 20% of their workforce to "continue building the future" [https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-for-the-future/]
I'll finish on this quote: "The future ain't what it used to be." — Yogi Berra
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johnbarron • today at 12:06 AM
Are they taking the piss by hiring and firing the same number as their public DNS IP ?
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cyanydeez • yesterday at 11:48 PM
The skeptical assumption is they need to pay for the AI bills, not that the AI use is actually providing the promises CEOs are making.
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Those 11 damn lucky interns!