The Edge Computing Opportunity: It’s Not What You Think

Matthew Prince of Cloudflare discusses the growth and evolution of their edge computing platform, Cloudflare Workers, over the past three years. He highlights that while speed was initially considered the most important attribute for a development platform, consistency, cost, ease of use, and compliance have proven to be more crucial. The company is set to announce several enhancements to the platform during Serverless Week, aimed at enabling developers to build more complex applications, lower serverless computing bills, make applications faster, and ensure security. Prince also presents his Hierarchy of Developers' Needs, which ranks these attributes in order of importance: Speed < Consistency < Cost < Ease of Use < Compliance. He predicts that regulatory compliance will be the most significant factor driving edge computing over the next three years.