How to scale an SPA to 1M views for $1?
summary
Claims that an SPA can hit 1M views for $1 by treating the front end as static and exploiting caching and CDNs while hosting assets on Azure Storage (or S3). APIs run as Azure Functions to pay per execution, long workflows use durable functions for orchestration, and a concrete example is the trading app botes which runs the Twitter feed and trading engine and so far makes about $61 profit showing the approach actually works.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:50Web app architecture evolution
- 8:48On-premise to serverless
- 12:20SPAs are static and hosting
- 17:23Power of caching
- 21:21Static asset delivery with storage
- 23:27Serverless and why it matters
- 26:57Hosting APIs with FaaS
- 29:04Durable Functions for tasks
- 31:32Summary
