Company
Date Published
Author
Dan McKinney
Word count
270
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Speed is crucial at Cloudsmith, allowing teams and build systems worldwide to access packages with low latency. The company has expanded its global infrastructure to two new locations: Oregon (US) and Sydney (AUS), reducing response times from 480ms to 235ms on average for flat requests. This rollout also enables automatic location selection based on performance, ensuring packages are processed as fast as possible regardless of the user's location. The improvements have been significant, with instances showing latency reductions from 800ms to 40ms in Sydney.