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AUTOMATIC KEY EXCHANGE: FASTER, POST-QUANTUM SECURE ORIGIN HANDSHAKES FOR 45 BILLION DAILY CONNECTIONS (AND COUNTING)

Cloudflare's new Automatic Key Exchange feature probes origin servers to detect supported algorithms, allowing the system to lead with the correct key agreement on the first try. The rollout reduced HelloRetryRequests from roughly 52% to 3.7% and cut connection handshake latency by more than 150 ms at p90. This automation has upgraded hundreds of thousands of domains to post-quantum encryption without manual configuration.

HOW WE MAKE AI CODING MORE COST EFFICIENT WITHOUT SACRIFICING TASK QUALITY

GitHub found that AI coding efficiency depends on minimizing unnecessary work across the entire task, not simply reducing tokens per tool call. Copilot improved efficiency by selectively compressing repetitive output, removing unused formatting, shortening prompts while regression-testing behavior, and delivering background results directly, collectively reducing cost and latency without measurable quality regressions.

MONITOR PROMPT CACHING TO OPTIMIZE YOUR TOKEN USAGE

Prompt caching can significantly reduce LLM cost and latency as agent systems accumulate large, repetitive system prompts, tool definitions, guardrails, and context. Datadog recommends keeping cached prefixes stable, placing breakpoints around static context and conversation history, and monitoring cache hit rates, writes, token usage, and traces to identify cache-busting changes such as tool reordering, compaction, and dynamic metadata.

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