Builder Day 2024: 18 big updates to the Workers platform

To celebrate Builder Day 2024, Cloudflare is introducing 18 updates inspired by developer feedback. These updates include persistent logs for every Worker, connection to private databases from Workers using Hyperdrive, improved Node.js compatibility, static asset hosting for Workers, and more. Additionally, Gradual Deployments is now generally available, making it easier and safer to deploy changes to applications. Queues has also been upgraded with higher throughput and concurrency limits, allowing developers to build event-driven applications and workflows that react to changes in their data. Event notifications for R2 is now generally available as well, enabling developers to set up multiple notification rules for a single queue on a bucket. Furthermore, image optimization is available to everyone for free with up to 5,000 transformations per month. These updates aim to enhance the developer experience and make it easier for developers to build applications using Cloudflare's platform.