Just some light stuff for the weekend…
Lately, I’ve been posting some points on FSLY’s much superior vision and tech about the future of Apps build for the Edge.
Sometimes, a POC ( proof of concept) speaks volumes compared to many pages of technical writing.
I’ve been thrilled with this and thought of sharing some dev excitement with you all! ( thanks to Leon Brocard who built this app):
https://markdown-converter.edgecompute.app
Try it out! This app built on FSLY’s Compute@Edge, uses Markdown ( a lightweight markup language) in the left panel and converts it to HTML and shows you the final results in the right panel.
Do play around with it ( Try typing in what you like on the left) and see it rendered on the right panel. Can you imagine that it is processed almost instantaneously for every keystroke!!! That’s the direction of the future of apps! This would enable any user ( irrespective of location and distance from the central cloud) to have the same experience in terms of performance.
You just can’t achieve that if your application is just residing on a central cloud. FSLY’s C@E and high performance POPs are making this possible. I will be curious to see a proof of concept such as this from any of FSLY’s competitors ( including NET, who’s Workers use the V8 Engine that was built for browsers and not for the edge.) Do let me know if you can find an example?
Just like I mentioned in one of my recent posts, I feel it’s not too far when the power of C@E will start revealing the weaknesses of the competing solutions. This is the dev in me speaking, so please don’t take it as an input to drive your investment decisions. Personally, I still hold a slightly bigger position in FSLY compared to NET due to my bias.
Somehow, this reminds me of a story about a monk who spent years in a cave perfecting his martial art skills, while others masqueraded as champions until the monk emerged from the cave
Cheers!
ronjonb