WTF is the Edge? Edge Compute / Functions

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Wes Bos

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4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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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. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax. 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 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Patented History of Innovations Wes: Fastmov Precut Parchment Paper Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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0:00.0	Welcome to syntax the podcast with the tastiest treats out there with for web development.
0:18.4	We are going to do a awesome episode today on WTF is the edge here this words run around
0:25.8	a lot edge compute edge functions run it on the edge. What is the edge? That's what we're going
0:32.8	to attempt attempt to tackle an answer today. We are sponsored by three awesome companies today
0:39.8	Linode cloud computing linux servers hosting they do everything log rocket JavaScript session
0:46.9	replays and fresh books cloud accounting. I'll talk about all of those awesome sponsors partway
0:51.2	through with me as always is mr Scott Tolinsky. How are you doing today Scott? Oh, I'm doing okay.
0:57.4	Our whole family's been sick for like two weeks now. So that's been really great. You know,
1:02.1	Brooklyn it'll like waking up in the middle of the night. The past four or five nights in a row.
1:06.6	She can't breathe. She's got a fever. It's like everything. And so kids are staying home again
1:13.3	today for what feels like a long time. Yeah, we just got through a week of that and like yeah,
1:20.9	one of our kids didn't go to school the entire week and it was just like everyone ended up on
1:24.9	antibiotics and I got bronchitis and brutal, brutal, brutal. I hate it. Yeah. So it's been a little
1:30.5	it's been a little rough this morning, but I'm getting through it. Cool. We are switching up
1:35.3	this recording to we're trying out riverside.fm because we're starting to do a little bit more
1:41.7	guests on the podcast. And like we used to always ask guests to like record themselves and send us
1:47.9	the audio, which is okay. Generally those people know how, but it's nicer to just have an app do
1:54.9	it. So it's just kind of cool. Yeah. Do we have an announcement to make in regarding that? Yeah.
2:01.8	I guess we could. Yeah, because is this one going to come out before? Yeah, it is. So on
2:06.7	Fridays, we are going to start. What are we calling it? Separate club. Friday separate club.
2:11.2	The Friday separate club where we're adding another weekly podcast. So now we're going to have
2:16.0	three episodes a week and Fridays is going to be guests. So we're going to have all kinds of
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