From 481342f0ec7c3e16333dd78a8c88b395b6d2be87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alper Gundogdu Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fix(blog): align CDN cost multiplier to 4-20x in flash-crowd The flash-crowd post said $0.01/GB "runs 7-20x below" traditional CDNs, while what-were-building says "four to twenty times cheaper." 4-20x is the correct figure; unify to it. Matches the ADR 026 update and the internal materials. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 --- content/blog/07-the-flash-crowd-problem.mdx | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/blog/07-the-flash-crowd-problem.mdx b/content/blog/07-the-flash-crowd-problem.mdx index 2432e94..fba481b 100644 --- a/content/blog/07-the-flash-crowd-problem.mdx +++ b/content/blog/07-the-flash-crowd-problem.mdx @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Those teams have Twitch's bet with none of Twitch's budget. A launch day is a kn ## What it costs -$0.01/GB, per byte delivered. No commitment, no egress tier, no minimum. That runs 7–20× below the major traditional CDNs. +$0.01/GB, per byte delivered. No commitment, no egress tier, no minimum. That runs 4–20× below the major traditional CDNs. **A spike costs exactly what it moves.** You rent no headroom through the quiet months and hit no overage cliff in the loud hour. For the operators serving it, a spike is not a cost centre at all. It is [the best revenue day of the quarter](/blog/show-me-the-money/), and it lands on whoever cached the right object first.