Cache Rules Everything Around Me

A.D. Slaton
Sep 3, 2018 · 3 min read

It is well known that there are three hard things in software engineering:

  1. off by one errors
  2. naming things
  3. cache invalidation

An experienced software engineer might say, “A.D., what’s the point of mentioning this?”.

My goal with writing this article is to share a tip based off my experiences around the configuration of CNN Digital services in Fastly. There is one caveat, I am not the foremost expert when it comes to knowing all bits around edge caching.

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