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Day 15/30: CDN 📌 Your server can only handle so much traffic. And if users are spread across different locations,…

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Day 15/30: CDN 📌 Your server can only handle so much traffic. And if users are spread across different locations, sending every request to the same server can make things slower. That's where a CDN comes in. A CDN stores and serves static content from servers closer to users. Without a CDN: → User requests an image → Request travels to origin server → Server fetches the file → Sends it back → Higher latency With a CDN: → User requests an image → CDN checks its cache → Cache hit → content served from nearby edge server → Faster response → Less load on origin server What can a CDN cache

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