The Future of the Web Is at the Network Edge
summary
The talk compares deployment options for a simple HTML page and its API (region AWS Lambdas vs Vercel Edge Functions) measured from global locations. It reports region lambdas having TTFB about 70–250 ms, edge functions about 40–70 ms, and adding CDN caching reducing TTFB to 20–50 ms; it also notes edge server-side rendering performs well unless the backend is a single-region database, which can make edge slower.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction to edge network
- 2:32Web solutions history
- 8:05Back to server solutions
- 11:17Deploying fast servers
- 14:29Geographic latency issues
- 18:19Edge Network operation
- 24:21Edge functions limitations
- 27:05Performance comparison
- 32:22Cache role in performance
- 35:54Edge Network use cases
- 36:35Edge Middleware and redirects
- 39:04Getting started with Edge Network
- 40:50Conclusion and web future
