This has the be the weirdest requirement I've heard from someone who wants to read a blogpost on someones website. Why it matters if it's behind a CDN or not?

This has the be the weirdest requirement I've heard from someone who wants to read a blogpost on someones website. Why it matters if it's behind a CDN or not? Problem is that the person hasn't handled even a small amount of usage load before, even the cheapest instance from DigitalOcean + NGINX can handle most loads you throw at it if configured properly for static content, which it almost is by default when you install it.