Why we don’t use a CDN: A story about SPDY and SSL
▻https://thethemefoundry.com/blog/why-we-dont-use-a-cdn-spdy-ssl
Last week we moved to a new SSL everywhere setup for this website. We were really excited to implement SSL across the board, but nervous about the impact on site performance. Therefore, we made it priority to focus on performance during the transition. Using a CDN (content delivery network) for the new site was a forgone conclusion, as we assumed it would help us speed things up. But, after testing with a few different CDNs, we uncovered some surprising results.
