FrontendDevExLive2018–present
The Edge Eliminated the Origin
Deploying pre-rendered static assets and serverless functions at the edge moved compute closer to users — slashing latency globally and decoupling deployments from server management.
Overview
The JAMstack and edge rendering movement separated concerns that were historically bundled: content, logic, and infrastructure. Developers could now ship a globally-distributed app with a git push, without managing servers. Edge runtimes like Cloudflare Workers and Vercel Edge Functions took this further by pushing dynamic logic to CDN nodes worldwide.
Highlights
- Static pre-rendering cut TTFB to under 50ms globally
- ISR brought dynamic data to static performance
- Serverless eliminated cold-start infrastructure ops
- Git-based deployments made rollbacks trivial
Tech Stack
Next.jsEdge FunctionsCDNServerlessISR