That's actually a good, generic way to speed up the initial app connections. You can even do it with a CDN in front of a backend on a different network, since m

That's actually a good, generic way to speed up the initial app connections. You can even do it with a CDN in front of a backend on a different network, since most CDNs pool connections. The problem is that everything useful a server side application does still requires round trips. Even for the most boring content, an 800ms delay is pretty normal if you have a spread out audience.