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The edge is in vogue right now. In 2023, there’s a good chance every website and application will have a little bit of edge in its wardrobe. There are components to an https://thenewstack.io/key-concepts/edge-computing/ — it can include IoT devices, for instance — but when it comes to https://thenewstack.io/key-concepts/frontend-development/, the edge is about putting more of the application near the end user, explained https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandrocauduro/?originalSubdomain=br, chief developer experience officer at https://www.azion.com/en/, an edge provider with 100 edge locations around the world.

“Instead of having everything centralized in a single place, like in the cloud data center [if] it’s in New York, the edge is basically near the end user,” Cauduro said.

The edge can be used to accelerate existing cloud applications that currently run on a specific server, he said, adding in that situation, the edge acts as a https://thenewstack.io/3-reasons-an-inefficient-cache-is-worse-than-no-cache-at-all/.