"If a user makes a request from Europe, and the apps run in US East, that adds an extra 100-150ms of latency just by round-tripping across the Atlantic." laugh

"If a user makes a request from Europe, and the apps run in US East, that adds an extra 100-150ms of latency just by round-tripping across the Atlantic." laughs in Rural New Zealand But seriously really enjoyed this article. I was always a bit confused how the recent influx of edge services handled writes/consistency, and yeah they all seem to have a single leader that routes writes to them - the edge is all about fast reading.