
I can't go faster than static platforms
At least that's what I think. Do I have too low self confidence? Let's find out.
"I" is 40-60ms here, the speed that GCP/Fly VMs/containers can serve the text "hi". So the question is how good a speed that is.
Unblocked
GitHub Pages
github.io, a familiar sight. It's a consistent 38-50ms.
Firebase Hosting
Basically the same, 38-50ms.
IPFS
Are you surprised that it takes 60-90ms?
Blocked
Cloudflare (built in static)
Surprising variance from 50 to 150ms.
Vercel
70 to 90ms most of the time, but sometimes varies up to 190-200.
Conclusion
I can go ~the same speed as static platforms! If loading static and dynamic data are correlated, I might as well use a server for both. I just have to not overshoot the bandwidth limits (1GB/month for Google, 0.02 * GB < $5/mo for Fly).