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Targeted Rebuilds Beat Full Recomputes—If You Can Prove Them Safe

Targeted Rebuilds Beat Full Recomputes—If You Can Prove Them Safe

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Newsletter Title

Targeted Rebuilds Beat Full Recomputes—If You Can Prove Them Safe

Intro

Cloudflare cut DNS Zone Builder peak memory by 85% by planning the smallest safe rebuild, merging queued work, and proving targeted output against full recomputation.

Takeaways

  • Cloudflare receives roughly 700 DNS record changes per second, plus about 100 other events such as zone-setting changes.

CTA

Read the full note: https://blogs.a2techify.com/infrastructure/engineering/2026/11/03/targeted-rebuild-planner.html

Publishing Notes

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Topics: infrastructure, cloudflare, scheduling