#47 Moovweb's Ajay Kapur (CEO) & Ishan Anand (CTO), On the Cutting Edge of Web Performance

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Ajay and Ishan have been at the forefront web performance infrastructure for most of their careers. Moovweb powers nearly $10B in annual commerce and their XDN platform extends the principles of Jamstack to large, dynamic websites such as REVOLVE Fashion, Shoe Carnival, and The Tie Bar, which boast average paint times under one second. Their approach is so new and different that there isn't even a term coined for what they do. In this technical discussion, we go deep on commerce-focused edge caching and frontend optimization and what the future of frontend development looks like.

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