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Episode 16: Why a Video From Tokyo Loads Instantly in Dallas
Mia and Leo explain content delivery networks (CDNs) through neighborhood warehouses: edge servers, origin servers, latency, caching at global scale, what gets cached, and why stale copies happen. Why does a video from the other side of the planet load instantly?
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