WTF is the Edge? Edge Compute / Functions

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what edge functions are, the upsides and downsides of edge functions, and what they’re used for.

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Show Notes

• 00:10 Welcome

• 01:56 A big announcement

• 04:33 What is the Edge?

• 08:27 The upsides of edge functions

• 12:13 Cold start

• 18:21 Sponsor: Linode

• 19:24 What are downsides of edge functions?

• 27:27 Sponsor: LogRocket

• 28:35 What is the use case for an edge function?

• 34:52 Authentication

• 37:23 Caching

• 40:51 Are there flavors of edge functions?

• 44:00 Sponsor: Freshbooks

• 46:06 What are edge functions not used for?

• 47:39 What companies offer this?

• 50:58 Sick Picks

• Netlify announcing serverless compute with edge functions

• Syntax 310 Serverless, Deno and TypeScript with Brian Leroux

• Vercel Middleware

• AWS Lambda

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• Scott: Patented History of Innovations
• Wes: Fastmov Precut Parchment Paper

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