Cloud Atlas
A field guide to cloud infrastructure

Small files.
Global reach.

Follow a webpage from your browser to the cloud. Explore static hosting, understand the edge, and learn what happens when traffic grows.

Explore the field notes ↗Start with hosting
01 / A webpage in motion
A browser connects to an origin or to a global edge networkBROWSERGLOBAL EDGE NETWORK

Cached files are served closer to visitors.

Edge delivery: a nearby cache can answer the request.

01 / HostHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
02 / DeliverOrigin and edge networks
03 / ScaleCapacity that follows demand

Start with the fundamentals.

Two notes. One connected journey.

FIELD NOTE / 01

A website without a server to manage.

Discover how a folder of files becomes a working website on Amazon S3 or Cloudflare Pages.

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FIELD NOTE / 02

Ready for the next visitor.

Separate scalability from elasticity, explore managed delivery, and check your understanding.

Explore cloud scaling ↗