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What are Cloudflare Workers?
Cloudflare Workers allow you to run JavaScript at the edge, close to your users. They execute on Cloudflare's global network spanning 300+ cities worldwide.
Why Use Workers?
Workers are perfect for building APIs, handling redirects, modifying responses, and much more. They start in under 5ms and can handle thousands of requests per second.
Key Benefits
- Zero cold starts
- Global deployment in seconds
- Free tier with 100K requests/day
- Built-in KV, D1, R2 storage
Combined with Hono.js, you get a lightweight, fully-typed API framework that feels like Express but runs everywhere.
The future of web development is at the edge.
In our next article, we'll dive into building a full REST API with Hono.js and D1.