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Matt Butcher

Vice President of Product Management

Matt Butcher is Vice President of Product Management at Akamai and a pioneering open source contributor. He has helped create projects including Helm, Spin, SpinKube, CNAB, Krustlet, Brigade, and the Open Application Model, and has contributed to more than 200 open source projects.

Posts by Matt Butcher

Your Website Now Has Two Audiences: Humans and AI

August 17, 2026Matt Butcher

Optimize your site for both humans and AI crawlers using Akamai Functions and Akamai Bot Manager at the edge to boost performance and AI visibility.

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Solve Multi-CDN Entitlement Drift with Edge Functions Without Losing Viewers

July 28, 2026Matt Butcher

Prevent multi-CDN entitlement drift and stop piracy without compromising performance. Learn how Akamai Functions enforces consistent streaming access.

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The Hidden Latency Tax in Retail Personalization

July 06, 2026Matt Butcher

Every personalization decision adds latency that has a measurable cost in conversions and order value. Learn where that cost comes from — and how to avoid paying it.

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Your Origin Server Might Be Your Most Expensive Decision

June 08, 2026Matt Butcher

The most expensive line items in your cloud bill could come from architecture. Learn where they can hide.

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The Internet Has a Front Door — The Edge Is Now Intelligent

May 14, 2026Matt Butcher

Recent improvements in the capabilities of the edge network have created a smarter, more connected edge. These changes call for a reassessment of edge strategy.

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Thwarting AI Bots with Edge Content Rewriting

October 12, 2025Matt Butcher

Use bot detection and dynamic content rewriting to thwart bots that are scraping your prices or using your IP for training.

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Running Serverless Wasm Functions on the Edge with k3s and SpinKube

July 09, 2025Matt Butcher

We look at running SpinKube with SUSE's lightweight Kubernetes distribution, Rancher k3s, to run high-performance serverless even at the edge.

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Serverless A2A with Spin

July 07, 2025Matt Butcher

Learn how to build serverless agent-to-agent (A2A) apps with Spin.

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Unlocking the Next Wave of Edge Computing with Serverless WebAssembly

April 01, 2025Brent Eiler and Matt Butcher

WebAssembly is revolutionalizing edge native computing by offering a fast, secure, and portable platform for serverless functions.

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