Re:Edge Scripting: Build and run applications at the edge
by ruthmarx on Thursday November 07, 2024 @05:42PM
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> I have to confess I really don't see the appeal of edge workers in general outside of specific applications where latency is of high concern. Such applications do exist, of course, but this kind of offering is treated so generally that I feel like I'm either immune to the marketing or I'm missing something important.
I agree, it mostly seems like a fad/gimmick.
Re:Edge Scripting: Build and run applications at the edge
by tomByrer on Thursday November 07, 2024 @11:03PM
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Oh, there are lots of things you can do 'on edge' that can be easier/faster:
+ A/B testing + cookie warnings just for EU but not everyone else + proxy; helpful if you want to hide where your API is from or username/pass + route redirects + take off some workload from your server + mini applets (eg signup forms are great edge use-case)
ref: this is my old repo: https://github.com/lukeed/awesome-cloudflare-workers
Yeah, but the headache is usually from database, cache and other shared resource servers.
Scaling HTTP has been very easy for most applications for the last 15 years or so.
I have to confess I really don't see the appeal of edge workers in general outside of specific applications where latency is of high concern. Such applications do exist, of course, but this kind of offering is treated so generally that I feel like I'm either immune to the marketing or I'm missing something important.