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		jakelazaroff 5 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A super fast website using Cloudflare workers "At the edge" means "on a server located close to where you are". It's used to serve the HTML. Looks like the only JavaScript running on the client is for installing the service worker and some Cloudflare tracking junk.

aprilnya 5 hours ago | [–]

Workers doesn’t require JS to serve static content though. You upload it as a static asset and it does it for you.

cuu508 5 hours ago | [–]

Right, but any old CDN can do that. Why does it need CF workers?

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