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The edge network of a Vercel/Netlify is very hard to replicate in cloud as a small startup.
by sebmellen 4y ago
The edge network of a Vercel/Netlify is very hard to replicate in cloud as a small startup.
- ushakov 4y agoyou could use Fastly or AWS Cloudfront
- tomnipotent 4y agoVercel makes app deployment a first-class citizen that's baked into the CDN. Fastly doesn't offer a Vercel/Netlify deploy feature, and AWS requires considerably more work to setup but can easily replicate.
- bilater 4y agoAnd if you are spending your time and resources trying to replicate it instead of building your core product you're an idiot/forever software engineer clueless about product.
- koluna 4y agoI wasn't referring to the edge network for _startups_ to replicate. I was more wondering how AWS and others can replicate Vercel/Netlify and eat their lunch. They have no defensible moat as a company.
- quickthrower2 4y agoThe same reason IBM can’t. They are incumbent and have an enterprise world view. They are necessarily going to be more bloaty. IAM yay! I use Vercel (and Netlify) and once you spend the 2 minutes setting it up you never think much of it again as it just does its job.