Re:OpenWorkers: Self-Hosted Cloudflare Workers in Rust
by locknitpicker on Thursday January 01, 2026 @02:33PM
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> But do you need 300 pops to benefit from the edge model? Or would 10 pops in your primary territory be enough.
I don't think that the number of PoPs is the key factor. The key factor is being able to route requests based on a edge-friendly criteria (latency, geographical proximity, etc) and automatically deploy changes in a way that the system ensures consistency.
This sort of projects do not and cannot address those concerns.
Targeting the SDK and interface is a good hackathon exercise, but unless you want to put together a toy runtime to do some local testing, this sort of project completely misses the whole reason why this sort of technology is used.
I don't think that the number of PoPs is the key factor. The key factor is being able to route requests based on a edge-friendly criteria (latency, geographical proximity, etc) and automatically deploy changes in a way that the system ensures consistency.
This sort of projects do not and cannot address those concerns.
Targeting the SDK and interface is a good hackathon exercise, but unless you want to put together a toy runtime to do some local testing, this sort of project completely misses the whole reason why this sort of technology is used.