About I Hate VPNs

This site exists because VPNs have overstayed their welcome by about a decade, and someone needed to say it out loud.

VPN technology was invented in 1996. It was a clever solution to a real problem: how do you extend a trusted network to a remote user over an untrusted internet? Build an encrypted tunnel. Simple.

That was 30 years ago. Since then, the entire landscape of corporate IT has transformed. Applications moved to the cloud. Workforces went remote. Devices multiplied. The perimeter dissolved. But VPNs? They're still doing the same thing they did in 1996 — routing traffic through a centralized chokepoint and hoping for the best.

What We Believe

• ✓Network access should be fast by default, not slow by design
• ✓Security should verify every request, not just the initial connection
• ✓Scaling should be a configuration change, not a hardware purchase
• ✓End users should never have to think about how they're connecting
• ✓Compliance visibility should be a feature, not an afterthought
• ✓The best infrastructure is the kind you don't notice

Why Cloudflare?

We're advocates for Cloudflare's approach to Zero Trust and SASE because we believe they've built the most technically sound alternative to legacy VPNs.

Unlike vendors who acquired and bundled separate products under a “SASE” label, Cloudflare built their security and networking services on a single global network. Every one of their 300+ data centers runs every service. That architectural decision means single-pass inspection, consistent performance globally, and a genuinely unified management experience.

We're not saying Cloudflare is the only option. We're saying it's the one we'd pick, and we've laid out the reasoning in our articles so you can make your own judgment.

This Site

ihatevpns.com is built on Next.js and deployed on Cloudflare Workers — because we practice what we preach. It's fast, it's global, and there's no VPN required to read it.