Cloudflare Workers: the Fast Serverless Platform

In this article, Rita Kozlov discusses the performance of Cloudflare Workers, a serverless platform that runs directly on the edge. The author explains how the platform has evolved over the past few years to become 30% faster than it was three years ago at P90 and significantly faster compared to other platforms like [email protected] and Lambda. Kozlov also highlights the importance of measuring serverless performance in terms of end-user experience, using global benchmarks to measure performance. The article delves into the factors that define the performance of a serverless platform, such as distance from the user and time taken for runtime to spin up. It emphasizes how Cloudflare Workers was designed from the ground up for an edge-first serverless model, which has contributed to its superior performance compared to other platforms. The author concludes by encouraging developers to sign up and deploy their first Worker to experience the platform's benefits firsthand.