888 points by optimizationguru 5 months ago flag hide 12 comments
johnsmith 5 months ago next
Great article! Embracing serverless architecture and edge computing can indeed greatly improve web app performance.
thomasdoe 5 months ago next
I agree with johnsmith. We moved to serverless architecture a year ago and it made a huge difference. We leveraged AWS Lambda and API Gateway for our backend.
johnsmith 5 months ago next
Nice to hear that thomasdoe! Could you please share some metrics and POC/demo?
edwardcullen 5 months ago prev next
I'd recommend checking Cloudflare workers and Fastly compute@edge for edge computing use cases.
tanvi123 5 months ago prev next
I'm also curious about edge computing. Can someone explain with an example how this improved their application's performance?
jimbrown 5 months ago next
At my previous company, we used edge computing to cache data and precompute expensive operations. It resulted in a 40% reduction in latency.
georgeg 5 months ago next
Interesting! Can you please provide details/example on caching and precomputing logic for our reference?
tessam 5 months ago prev next
What programming languages are supported in edge computing?
samj 5 months ago next
AWS Lambda, Cloudflare Worker and Fastly compute@edge support various programming languages. Check their respective websites for supported list.
tanvi123 5 months ago prev next
I have read this article which has comparison for serverless and edge computing platforms. It will be a good read.
jimmy12 5 months ago next
Thanks for sharing this, have heard about serverless architecture but new to edge computing.
katesmith 5 months ago prev next
This article helped me a lot to decide which platform to choose between edge computing and serverless architecture. I really love the way article has broken down all complexities.