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Re:Introducing Workers KV by zackbloom on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:05AM (#18092960)
The question I would ask is: once you have the ability to run code and store data on the network itself (which Cloudflare effectively is), why do you need an origin at all?
Re:Introducing Workers KV by manigandham on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:35AM (#18093178)
You work for Cloudflare so that's a fun question but realistically there are still plenty of limitations. The script size, number of routes, KV consistency, write limits, and simple get/put API, etc.

It can work for simple apps but there's a long way to go before any serious enterprise system will be hosted entirely on a FaaS system like Workers.

Re:Introducing Workers KV by rita3ko on Saturday September 29, 2018 @10:25AM (#18100509)
If you’re having trouble with script size and route limitations, would love to chat. We’re working on providing more flexibility in that realm. rita at cloudflare.
Re:Introducing Workers KV by tyingq on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:32AM (#18093148)
One write per second, per key plus eventually consistent does limit the functionality a bit.

You're right for some use cases though.

Re:Introducing Workers KV by hamandcheese on Friday September 28, 2018 @10:46AM (#18093788)
Where are you getting 1 write per second from?
Re:Introducing Workers KV by jweather on Friday September 28, 2018 @10:57AM (#18093880)
1 write per second per key. It's from the Limits and Pricing section of the technical post: https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-with-workers-kv/
Re:Introducing Workers KV by tracker1 on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:39PM (#18095297)
Thanks, that begins to answer some of my questions/concerns.
Re:Introducing Workers KV by adventured on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:50AM (#18093296)
> why do you need an origin at all?

At the point that CF replaces the origin, it is the origin.

The confusion in your query is the idea that "origin" is a rigid, fixed concept rather than flexible.

Re:Introducing Workers KV by wisepass on Friday September 28, 2018 @10:16AM (#18093525)
Reduncy, avoid vendor lockdown, Worker KV is amazing. On the billion scale it is expensive.
Re:Introducing Workers KV by scoggs on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:09AM (#18092990)
I could be understanding the crux of your question wrong but I believe the point the article and technology makes over and over is that it offloads nearly all of the stress and communication off of the backend and instead replaces it with a Worker KV which converts into becoming one static call and then everything is handled within the Worker. The applications seemed vast and only limited by creativity, as well.
Re:Introducing Workers KV by _pmf_ on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @06:21AM (#18120254)
Accidentally serverless.