From Firestore with MongoDB compatibility to Redis 8, from PlanetScale Vectors to Cloudflare Security Week, a recap of the news I wrote for InfoQ in April 2025.

Cloudflare Launches Public Beta of Secrets Store for Secure Credential Management

During the recent Developer Week 2025, Cloudflare announced the public beta of Cloudflare Secrets Store, a secure way to store API tokens, keys, and credentials. While the long-term goal is to integrate Secrets Store with various Cloudflare products, it currently supports only Cloudflare Workers.

Google Cloud Announces Firestore with MongoDB Compatibility

During the recent Google Cloud Next 2025, the cloud provider announced the preview of Firestore with MongoDB compatibility. This new option provides MongoDB API and query language to store and query semi-structured JSON data in Google Cloud’s real-time document database.

Redis 8 Targets AI Applications with New Data Type for Vector Similarity

Redis has recently announced the addition of Vector Set, a data type designed for vector similarity and a new option for AI applications. This new data type marks the first major contribution from Salvatore Sanfilippo (aka ‘antirez’), the creator of Redis, since rejoining the company.

Amazon VPC Route Server Generally Available, Providing Routing Flexibility and Fault Tolerance

AWS has recently announced the general availability of Amazon VPC Route Server. This new option simplifies dynamic routing in a VPC, allowing developers to advertise routing information via Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) from virtual appliances and dynamically update the VPC route tables associated with subnets and internet gateways.

PlanetScale Vectors Now GA: MySQL’s Missing Feature?

PlanetScale has recently announced that vector support is now generally available. Created as a fork of MySQL, this new feature allows storing vector data alongside an application’s relational MySQL data, removing the need for a separate specialized vector database.

Recap of Cloudflare Security Week 2025: From Quantum Cryptography to AI Labyrinth

During the recent Cloudflare Security Week 2025, the cloud provider announced various improvements to its cybersecurity services and multiple reports analyzing trends and challenges in security threats. Additionally, they announced AI Labyrinth, a new version of honeypots against unauthorized crawlers, and Cloudflare for AI, a suite of tools aimed at helping the adoption of secure AI technologies.