Tag: cache

Invalidate the Cache Automatically After Release with AWS S3, SNS, Lambda, and CloudFront

August 20, 2020 AWS, cache, cloudfront, lambda, Node, SNS, Typescript

Prerequisite: A common way to host static websites is to store your website files in an AWS S3 bucket and then cache it using AWS CloudFront. This blog article assumes you already have this setup for your website or web application. Why did we want to invalidate the cache?...

What is a browser cache and invalidating the cache?

August 20, 2020 cache, Web

What is a cache? Caching is basically storing a result, so that next time, it will be faster. Say you get the data you need the first time, and then you save that result. The next time you need the data again, you’ve already cached the result, so the...