Great points in the article. I've been using Cloudflare for the past year or so for all my production sites. Super straightforward to set up, has awesome features like SSL, page rules, minification, and more.
DNS configuration was always a pain for me before Cloudflare, but now it takes less than 10 minutes to buy a domain, set up any/all subdomains, and get back to your product/site.
It's not marketing content. It's a personal blog, and she writes about what she's learning, asks questions, and freely admits when she doesn't understand things. The net effect is that she gets a ton of great feedback and learns a lot in the process.
DNS configuration was always a pain for me before Cloudflare, but now it takes less than 10 minutes to buy a domain, set up any/all subdomains, and get back to your product/site.