[austinpena]

This is a genuine question, why run a database bound application at the edge? Why not just cache HTML on the edge when you can and run the application traditionally?

[thegagne]

Reasons I would want to:

1. To eliminate a layer of application/server/network management (especially if you have complex infra).

2. To get “free” application high availability.

3. To integrate with other stuff on the edge (auth/identity).

4. To serve as a central query aggregator from multiple sources.

[austinpena]

Makes plenty of sense. Thank you!