Rules per asset type, query string and cookie, with a hit ratio you can watch.
JavaScript and WASM at the node for auth, rewrites and experiments.
Purge by URL, tag or prefix with global propagation in about a second.

the primitives land. It is why global cache is a first-class concern and not a README footnote.

retries and replay. It is why edge functions is a first-class concern and not a README footnote.

no shared tenancy required. It is why instant purge is a first-class concern and not a README footnote.

stable interfaces. It is why origin shielding is a first-class concern and not a README footnote.
Latency is a product feature. CIPHERNEST answers from the nearest node, collapses concurrent misses into one origin fetch, and lets you run the auth and rewrite logic that used to cost a round trip.