Tag: CloudFront
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Making AWS News stupid fast with smart caching
As I’m typing this, Re:Invent 2024 is only weeks away. In anticipation of AWS News’ busiest period of the year, I redesigned the API access patterns to support very efficient caching. This resulted in significantly reduced backend load and a much faster frontend.
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Cache Control with CloudFront Functions
In this article we will cover how we can configure and instruct our CDNs and browsers to optimally cache our assets. We will use CloudFront behaviors to configure the CDN and CloudFront Functions to add HTTP caching headers.
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The Anatomy of a CloudFront Distribution
CloudFront is a Content Distribution Network (CDN). It reduces latency and load on backend servers. In this article we’ll look at the various components of a CloudFront distribution.