Exploring the Edge in Computing

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The chapter delves into defining the concept of the edge in computing, contrasting traditional understanding with modern execution closer to users. It discusses edge computing, edge locations, decision-making for enterprises, and the differences between edge and serverless functions. The conversation also covers utilizing edge environments for custom content, caching strategies at the edge and CDN, and challenges of caching personalized content.

Netlify is a popular hosting platform that provides build, deploy, and serverless backend services for web apps. The platform enables deployment directly from source files stored in a version control system like GitHub.

Erica Pisani is a Senior Software Engineer at Netlify. She joins the show to talk about how she got started at Netlify, edge computing, edge functions, private integrations, and more.

Josh Goldberg is an independent full time open source developer in the TypeScript ecosystem. He works on projects that help developers write better TypeScript more easily, most notably on typescript-eslint: the tooling that enables ESLint and Prettier to run on TypeScript code. Josh regularly contributes to open source projects in the ecosystem such as ESLint and TypeScript.

Josh is a Microsoft MVP for developer technologies and the author of the acclaimed Learning TypeScript (O’Reilly), a cherished resource for any developer seeking to learn TypeScript without any prior experience outside of JavaScript. Josh regularly presents talks and workshops at bootcamps, conferences, and meetups to share knowledge on TypeScript, static analysis, open source, and general frontend and web development.

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