From 0afee82652743d165b193198284abbd4945d71f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jamie <jamie@prettypragmatic.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:13:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs(readme): describe shadowstep as an edge CDN node

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 # shadowstep
 
-A small caching reverse proxy written in Rust (actix-web 4, hyper 1, rustls 0.23). It serves local files from an asset directory, forwards every other request to one upstream origin, and keeps cacheable origin responses in memory.
+An edge CDN node written in Rust (actix-web 4, hyper 1, rustls 0.23). It caches origin responses in memory under RFC 9111, terminates TLS and serves local files from an asset directory. Every other request goes to one upstream origin.
 
 ## What it does