Explore outside the hyperscalers and discover the power and ease of use of Cloudflare's edge computing platform. This session is a practical guide to building your first HTTP API using Cloudflare Workers, TypeScript, and the Hono web framework. We will cover a complete developer workflow: scaffolding a new project, testing locally, and deploying to distinct staging and production environments with custom domains. You'll learn how to secure your endpoints with API key authentication and add stateful persistence using Cloudflare KV. This session is ideal for developers deploying their first API, as well as experienced professionals seeking an alternative to traditional cloud providers.