Static pages relied on the client being able to run JS to populate user-specific data. Also, a lot of data is fine with being eventually consistent, which is a

Static pages relied on the client being able to run JS to populate user-specific data. Also, a lot of data is fine with being eventually consistent, which is a good fit for edge functions. An example is rendering the account icon and username on the top write, without hitting a central database/static file server.