Every redirect on the internet ends in a status code. Ours is 301 Moved
Permanently, so introducing ourselves by moving in here felt about right.
We write about the least glamorous corner of the web: redirects, DNS, and
HTTP on Cloudflare. The stuff nobody thinks about until a domain that
"definitely still redirects" quietly starts returning a 522, and a customer
emails you the screenshot.
Why we exist: we got tired of guides that were correct in 2021. Cloudflare
changes limits and retires products faster than tutorials get rewritten. The
docs promise 10,000 bulk redirects on the free plan; plenty of accounts open
the dashboard and find 20. So we check every number against the live docs and
stamp each article with the date we checked it. If a post doesn't say when it
was verified, assume it's quietly lying to you. Ours say. We are, admittedly,
a little paranoid.
What you'll get from us here:
Why a redirect that looks perfectly configured still returns a 522, a
525, or a registrar
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