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Dynamic site
Pages assembled on request, often from a database.
Dashboards, feeds, shops and anything behind a login need a page built for that request. That needs server code and usually a database, which adds cost, latency and security work.
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Where it shows up in a page load
- Step 5: Cache miss → origin. If the edge has no fresh copy, it forwards the request to the origin. On a static site the origin just reads a file. On a dynamic site a server or serverless function runs code to build the page.
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Where the files live and how they reach a visitor quickly.