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Edge caching and CDN thinking for app builders

Cache keys, stale-while-revalidate, and when personalization must bypass the edge.

Published · Updated · 11 min read

Cache public HTML carefully

Anonymous marketing pages love CDNs. Authenticated dashboards usually do not. Mixing them without vary rules causes leaks or chaos.

SWR patterns

Serve stale while revalidating when freshness can lag. Users see speed; you update in the background.

Invalidate with intent

Know how to purge when content changes. Mystery caches create “I deployed but nothing changed” days.

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