The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Kaizen! Should we build a CDN? (Friends)

Jan 12, 2024

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The hosts discuss their recent trip to Chicago and the idea of what happens in Chicago stays in Chicago. They talk about versioning their infrastructure and running multiple apps. They explore enhancing ChangeLog++ and solving security concerns in open source dependencies. They discuss managing projects with Socket and Neon, as well as the challenges with Fastly CDN and the possibility of building their own CDN. They explore building a CDN with Cloudflare and Fastly, and the frustrations with existing CDNs. The hosts debate the pros and cons of building a CDN and discuss technical challenges with Elixir configuration and SSL. They discuss the impact of a cookie on response times and mention upcoming episodes and a farewell message.

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Quick takeaways

Migrating to Neon.tech improved query optimization, reducing the number of selects and mitigating latency impact.

Exploring the use of read replicas in Neon.tech to improve performance and app presence globally.

Considering building an in-house CDN using Nginx instances or an embedded partnership with Cloudflare.

Positive experience with Fly.io for infrastructure needs, potential partnership, and curiosity about future developments.

Deep dives

Latency Increase and Query Optimization

After migrating Postgres to neon.tech, there was an increase in latency due to the remote nature of the connection. However, queries were optimized, reducing the number of selects from 70 to 15, mitigating the impact of the latency increase.

Introduction

2min

Versioning Infrastructure and Multiple Apps

17min

Improving ChangeLog++ and Solving Security Concerns for Open Source Dependencies

5min

Managing Projects with Socket and Neon

17min

Challenges with Fastly CDN and the Possibility of Building Own CDN

26min

Building a CDN with Cloudflare and Fastly

9min

Choosing the Right CDN

12min

Deciding Whether to Build a CDN

2min

Impact of a cookie on response times and updates on upcoming episodes

2min

It’s our 13th Kaizen episode! We’re back from KubeCon, we’re making goals for the year, we’re migrating to Neon & we’re weighing the pros/cons of building our own custom CDN.

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Featuring:

Gerhard Lazu – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, Website
Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Kaizen! Should we build a CDN? (Friends)