The foundations of the Frontend Cloud
Vercel introduces the Frontend Cloud concept to automate infrastructure management for dynamic web applications. This approach provisions global infrastructure automatically based on application code, enabling teams to scale performant applications globally while reducing tech debt and increasing developer velocity.
Core web app decisions tend to center the backend, due to its complexity and impact over huge swaths of the business.
However, frontends have grown far more important and complex in their own right. When not prioritized, the intricate infrastructure around them can quickly spin out of control, dragging teams into untold amounts of tech debt.
As becomes more common, developers are turning to the Frontend Cloud to automate away the behind-the-scenes hassles of creating and growing dynamic websites.decoupled architecture
Instead of as a separate step of the development process, the Frontend Cloud provisions global infrastructure , . managing infrastructurebased on your existing application codefor you
This approach to web development , allowing your team to experiment safely and meet shifting market demands. Teams of all sizes can effortlessly scale global apps while maintaining the highest possible bars for performance, personalization, and security.massively increases developer velocity
You can think of the backend cloud as your cost center and the Frontend Cloud as your profit center.
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