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PlanetScale Blog

Caching

Every time you use a computer, caches work to ensure your experience is fast.Everything a computer does from executing an instruction on the CPU, to requesting your X.com feed, to loading this very webpage, relies heavily on caching. You are about to enjoy a guided, interactive tour of caching: the most elegant, powerful, and pervasive innovation in computing. Foundation Everything we do with our computers requires data.When you log into your email, all your messages and contacts are stored as d

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AI Search - Faster indexing and new Jobs view in AutoRAG

You can now expect 3-5× faster indexing in AutoRAG, and with it, a brand new Jobs view to help you monitor indexing progress. With each AutoRAG, indexing jobs are automatically triggered to sync your data source (i.e. R2 bucket) with your Vectorize index, ensuring new or updated files are reflected in your query results. You can also trigger jobs manually via the Sync API or by clicking “Sync index” in the dashboard. With the new jobs observability, you can now: View the status, job ID, source,

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Cloudflare Changelog

Cloudflare Images - HEIC support in Cloudflare Images

You can use Images to ingest HEIC images and serve them in supported output formats like AVIF, WebP, JPEG, and PNG. When inputting a HEIC image, dimension and sizing limits may still apply. Refer to our documentation to see limits for uploading to Images or transforming a remote image.

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