codeword: creative · Feb 24, 2025
CDNs, caching, and GDPR: sustainability conflict
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CDNs can deliver content more efficiently. This applies especially to commonly used assets, such as jQuery. Under GDPR, CDNs are a grey area. Strictly speaking, like Google Fonts, jQuery should be self-hosted because while you could argue it’s technically necessary, you can always self-host to avoid unnecessary sharing of your IP address with a third party without consent. Yet if multiple sites…
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