GraphCDN
Infrastructure
graphql cdn
SHOW HN2021
200points
98comments
#231of 2,533 in 2021
Top 10%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
16 positive, 40 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 66 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Idea: 9 for, 5 againstPerformance: 1 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Solves a real GraphQL caching pain
From 3 comments
Hey HN, It's a pleasure to share this announcement with you! In all the GraphQL projects I worked on, it was always a pain to get the caching and security right. Instead of you…
timsuchanek on HNI’ve being waiting for a product like this for some time now, I think there is a huge (not yet served) market for this. I’ve tried to implement something using Cloudflare…
hcentelles on HNTwo hard problems solved: 1. Cache invalidation 2. Decent project name Joking aside, this is great. Traditional CDNs + GraphQL always felt like an impedance mismatch.
kenrose on HN
Clean design
From 1 comment
GraphCDN seemingly is an innovative service I'll be checking out, though I just wanted to comment that the app is a beautiful example of the use of Tailwind. I was a little taken…
blorenz on HN
Objections
Global purge in 150ms is physically implausible
From 2 comments
> it can purge any content globally in about 150ms Hmm, how can that be? Light in a straight-line fiber optic cable would take 200ms to traverse a greater circle around the…
kentonv on HNThat's the speed of light in a vacuum. The speed of light in fiber optic is slower. Travelling half of the distance is not good enough, because if you haven't received…
kentonv on HN
Smart invalidation may not be reliable
From 1 comment
I asked Max in private, but i'll ask again here for visibility. How do you handle smart invalidation? Or more specifically, how do I trust that you're handling smart invalidation…
andrewingram on HN
Shallow moat versus Cloudflare or Fastly
From 1 comment
Critical feedback: This seems like a product with an exceptionally shallow moat. What is stopping Cloudflare and Fastly from cloning and burying?
joshenders on HN
Requests
Support for persisted and batched queries
From 1 comment
Thanks for the quick (good news) answer. I’ve more questions We use Apollo client, I’m worried about 2 specific features of it: Batch queries [1], we’re currently using it.…
hcentelles on HN
Partial query caching
From 1 comment
Max & Tim, thanks for building this. This is something I recently spent 2 weeks trying to solve, then more pressing issues came up so we threw more CPUs at the problem. So from…
ivanvanderbyl on HN
On-prem or internal deployment
From 1 comment
Sounds cool! I‘d be interested in the caching and analytics part, but without the CDN, i.e. for an internal GraphQL server. Is there a way to do that?
tcmb on HN
Questions
Why Fastly over Cloudflare Workers or Lambda Edge
From 1 comment
This is a super interesting project and thanks for posting it. I'm just wondering why you decided on Fastly over Cloudflare Workers or AWS Lambda Edge for this?
0xy on HN
Is the cache consistent across POPs
From 2 comments
Q: Is the CDN cache consistent? i.e if I delete or change an object, does it immediately reflect across all the POPs across the globe? If so what are the potential…
nojvek on HNHow does it deal with non yet propagated purges or are you always at risk of reading stale data for a short period?
the_mitsuhiko on HN
How does pricing work and what counts as a request
From 1 comment
I’ve being waiting for a product like this for some time now, I think there is a huge (not yet served) market for this. I’ve tried to implement something using Cloudflare…
hcentelles on HN
Alternatives named
Apollo Cloud
From 1 comment
I’ve being waiting for a product like this for some time now, I think there is a huge (not yet served) market for this. I’ve tried to implement something using Cloudflare…
hcentelles on HN
Cloudflare Workers
From 1 comment
This is such a great idea! There are a lot of plays in this space that try to move the database, or serverless-functions closer to the end-users, but in all likeliness if you're…
pistoriusp on HN