Edge vs Cloud: Where Should AI Live?

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• Edge vs Cloud: Where Should AI Live?

  Simon Wistow

  In this article, Simon Wistow shares why hybrid AI is gaining ground and how semantic caching unlocks better performance and sustainability.

  July 02, 2025

• How to Control and Monetize AI Bot Traffic Using Fastly and TollBit

  David King, Lorraine Bellon

  Monetize AI bot traffic! Fastly's Bot Management and TollBit have teamed up to offer granular control, performance, and flexibility to manage bots & unlock new revenue.

  July 01, 2025

  Security

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• Can We Make AI Green? Big AI Sustainability Questions, Answered by Fastly’s Co-Founder

  Alina Lehtinen-Vela

  Can AI be green? Fastly’s Simon Wistow tackles big questions on AI sustainability, backed by original data from our 2025 AI Energy Pulse Check survey.

  June 30, 2025

  CDN & Delivery

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• Getting Started with TypeScript on Fastly Compute

  Katsuyuki Omuro

  Getting started with TypeScript on Fastly Compute is simple! Learn how to add static typing to your JavaScript projects for robust development.

  June 26, 2025

  Compute

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• AI Energy Pulse Check 2025: Insights from Nearly 500 Experts

  Alina Lehtinen-Vela

  Fastly’s 2025 AI Pulse Check reveals how sustainability and infrastructure leaders are tracking AI energy use, cutting redundant queries, and navigating the edge vs cloud debate.

  June 26, 2025

  Industry insights

  

• Replacing Client-side JavaScript SDKs with WebAssembly Components at the Edge

  Alex Casalboni, Terri Allegretto

  Edgee and Fastly team up to replace client-side JavaScript SDKs with WebAssembly at the edge, improving performance, security, and data collection.

  June 25, 2025

  Customers

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• Fastly Achieves "Deployed on AWS" Status

  Chris Ritter

  Fastly earns "Deployed on AWS" status, enhancing procurement and savings for AWS Marketplace users. Explore our cloud-optimized CDN and security solutions today.

  June 18, 2025

  CDN & Delivery

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• DDoS in May

  Liam Mayron, David King

  DDoS May 2025 report: 2 new attacks every minute. Get key insights, traffic trends, and actionable security guidance.

  June 11, 2025

  Security

  

• CISO Perspective: Q1 2025 Threat Insights Report

  Marshall Erwin

  Get CISO Marshall Erwin's take on Fastly's Q1 2025 threat report, including shifts in attacks on e-commerce, bot traffic trends, and supply chain risks.

  June 10, 2025

  Security

  Industry insights

  

• Smarter Security Operations: Embracing Detection-as-Code

  Simran Khalsa, Gary Harrison, + 1 more

  Modernize security with Detection-as-Code. Learn how to automate threat detection & response using DevSecOps & tools like Fastly's WAF Simulator.

  June 04, 2025

  DevOps

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• AppSec in Q1 2025: Trends from Fastly's Latest Report

  David King

  Fastly's Q1 2025 Threat Report: Key insights on web attacks, bot traffic, and how to defend your apps & APIs. Read the full report now.

  June 03, 2025

  Security

  + 2 more

  

• Fleet Efficiency Lessons from Scaling Live Events Sustainably

  Kip Compton

  Learn how Fastly boosted Super Bowl 2023 traffic by 46% with the same server fleet, improving performance, sustainability, and reducing carbon impact.

  June 02, 2025

  

• Tackling Real-Time Ad Personalization for Live Streaming at the Edge

  Alina Lehtinen-Vela

  Discover how Fastly helped a major North American broadcaster overlay customized ads on live streams—without adding latency.

  May 30, 2025

  CDN & Delivery

  + 2 more

  

• The Bot Battle: Balancing Security and User Experience

  Ashley Hurwitz

  Fight bots, not customers! Learn to balance security & user experience. Insights from Fastly & industry experts. Watch the webinar now!

  May 28, 2025

  Industry insights

  Security

  

• We should still teach coding

  Sue Smith

  We should still teach coding, AI can't replace the critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills that programming instills.

  May 27, 2025

  DevOps

  Engineering

  

• Over a decade later: The evolution of instant purge

  Tyler McMullen, Julien Benoist

  Explore the decade-long evolution of Fastly's instant purge technology. Learn about our decentralized approach, challenges faced, and innovations in scalability.

  May 27, 2025

  Performance

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• Building an actually secure MCP Server with Fastly Compute

  Kay Sawada

  Build a secure, scalable MCP Server with Fastly Compute. Learn to address vulnerabilities and ensure reliable performance for your LLM applications.

  May 23, 2025

  Compute

  + 4 more

  

• DDoS in April

  Liam Mayron, David King

  DDoS April 2025 report: US attacks surge. Get key insights, traffic trends, and actionable security guidance. Protect your apps now!

  May 22, 2025

  Security

  

• Using cURL to Test Origin Server Responses

  Matt Torrisi

  Curl, or cURL, is a utility that’s shipped by default on operating systems like MacOS and many Linux distributions that allows you to send an HTTP request to a URL and receive the result. In this post, we’ll walk you through how to use the tool to test an origin server’s response.

  May 20, 2025

  Engineering

  Performance

  

• Putting an end to CAPTCHA

  David King

  Eliminate frustrating CAPTCHAs and improve user experience with Fastly Bot Management. Learn how Fastly's Dynamic Challenges manage bots without disrupting real users.

  May 19, 2025

  Product

  Security