Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the edge as a computing paradigm, a location, and a runtime. You now understand that edge computing contrasts cloud computing and aims to move the compute as close as possible to the users to reduce response times.

You further learned that CDNs can serve as the edge of the internet. Running Remix on the edge moves the web server much closer to the user compared to the regionally centralized data centers of the cloud.

Remix offers adapters for several edge deployment targets, and you practiced deploying to the edge by using Remix’s create-remix script. You now understand how easy it is to set up a Remix application on the edge.

We discussed both the benefits and limitations of the edge as a deployment target. You now understand that the edge follows a serverless programming model, which makes it highly scalable but also introduces complexity. Edge runtimes use lightweight container technologies to optimize for geographical distribution...