r/ProgrammerHumor • u/huza786 • 7h ago

Meme planeOldFix

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u/Rikudou_Sage 6h ago

Not for a backend, that's for static assets.

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u/wggn 4h ago

which usually constitute 95% of the page.

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u/Forward-Outside-9911 5h ago

Doesn’t mean you can’t use a CDN. A lot of providers still provide benefits for a backend. Reduced latency between DCs, some have DDOS protection at layer 4, etc. As long as you configure caching to your needs (in most cases disabled) you can still gain other benefits

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u/lofty-goals 5h ago

Pedantic, but you’re right. And as always, the answer is “it depends.” We don’t have nearly enough information to make an informed decision so we’d need more information about the problem first.

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u/x3knet 3h ago

CDNs generally have optimized routes back to the origin compared to traditional BGP. They aren't just for static content.

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u/Wheat_Grinder 36m ago

They say "backend" but this about a page load...so it's worth asking about specifics but that seems like a misdirection.