Comment by pclmulqdq Comment by pclmulqdq a day ago 5 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Yeah, Cloudflare is in the minority with their definition of "edge."
Copy Link vlovich123 a day ago Next Collapse Comment - No, edge is just poorly defined. Plenty of companies call their servers “edge” because they’re collocated with ISPs. Even ISPs when they talk about edge compute aren’t talking about your laptop but about compute in their colo. Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link notatoad 21 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - edge just means as close to the user as you can get.microsoft's edge is closer to the user than cloudflare's edge or an ISP's edge because microsoft runs your laptop. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link disqard 20 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Wow, they really do have an edge over the competition there... Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link Culonavirus 16 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Champions of edging Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link notatoad 21 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - edge just means as close to the user as you can get.microsoft's edge is closer to the user than cloudflare's edge or an ISP's edge because microsoft runs your laptop. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link disqard 20 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Wow, they really do have an edge over the competition there... Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link Culonavirus 16 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Champions of edging Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link disqard 20 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Wow, they really do have an edge over the competition there... Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link Culonavirus 16 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Champions of edging Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link Culonavirus 16 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Champions of edging Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link markerz 18 hours ago Prev Collapse Comment - I don’t think that’s true. Lambda@Edge has been a thing for over 8 years.https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/edge/ Reply View | 0 replies
No, edge is just poorly defined. Plenty of companies call their servers “edge” because they’re collocated with ISPs. Even ISPs when they talk about edge compute aren’t talking about your laptop but about compute in their colo.