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0 pointsjread1y ago0 comments

If have a global user base, depending on your workload, a simple CDN in front of your hardware can often go a long ways with minimal cost and complexity.

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motorest1y ago

> If have a global user base, depending on your workload, a simple CDN in front of your hardware can often go a long ways with minimal cost and complexity.

Let's squint hard enough to pretend a CDN does not qualify as "the cloud". That alone requires a lot of goodwill.

A CDN distributes read-only content. Any usecase that requires interacting with a service is automatically excluded.

So, no.

jreadOP1y ago

> Any usecase that requires interacting with a service is automatically excluded

This isn't correct. Many applications consist of a mix of static and dynamic content. Even dynamic content is often cacheable for a time. All of this can be served by a CDN (using TTLs) which is a much simpler and more cost effective solution than multi-region cloud infra, with the same performance benefits.

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