Evolution of Edge @Netflix
QCon San Francisco, the international software conference, returns November 17-21, 2025. Join senior software practitioners from early adopter companies as they share real-world insights and actionable advice to help you adopt the right technologies and practices. Gain exposure to innovative approaches and fresh ideas in software development and engineering, designed to inspire and challenge you. Don’t miss this chance to deepen your knowledge, sharpen your skills, and stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of technology. Register now: https://bit.ly/3BYzfbe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video with transcript included: http://bit.ly/2OObIkY Vasily Vlasov reviews Netflix’s edge gateway ecosystem - multiple traffic gateways performing different functions deployed around the world. He touches upon the motivation behind such topology and highlights challenges it introduces. He shows how the value is added, what the operational footprint of it is and what happens when things go wrong. This presentation was recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019: http://bit.ly/38sivWf #Netflix #Edge #ProjectManagement
Chapters
- 0:00 Evolution of Edge @Netflix
- 1:10 Vasily Vlasov
- 2:58 Time to market is key
- 5:25 Scale and engineering velocity
- 5:56 Introducing microservices
- 8:03 Microservices at the Edge
- 9:30 Splitting Edge @Netflix
- 9:59 Reducing coupling
- 11:18 Authentication
- 13:59 Routing
- 18:54 Insights
- 22:51 summaryl
- 24:00 Resiliency and Qos
- 24:47 Multi-Region Deployment
- 25:32 DNS-based steering
- 30:39 Speed of light
- 31:14 Long distance connection
- 32:20 TCP + TLS Handshake
- 34:27 Bringing TLS close to customer
- 36:57 summary) • Optimbing client connectivity
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- InfoQ
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