We Architected an Edge Caching Layer to Eliminate Cold Starts

As developers debated the intricacies of eliminating cold starts with edge caching, a lively discussion unfolded around the trade-offs between complexity and performance. Some commenters, like 0x3f, pointed out that a simple CDN with 'stale-while-revalidate' headers could achieve similar results, while others, like cloudflare728, shared their experiences implementing this technique with HAProxy. The author, skeptrune, clarified that their approach was chosen for its relative ease and resource efficiency compared to migrating to a static site architecture. Amidst the discussion, a consensus emerged that frameworks like NextJS can sometimes lead to over-engineering, with 9rx quipping that Vercel's optimizations can make things "10 times harder than it needs to be."

Snapshot generated from the HN discussion