Does a reverse proxy defeat the geographical benefits of a CDN?
<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/224664/difference-between-proxy-server-and-reverse-proxy-server/366212#366212">This question</a> has a great explanation of a reverse proxy, but if all requests go though a single server in front of a CDN, doesn't this defeat the purpose of having many CDN locations?</p>

<p>For context, I have a completely static website on a CDN but need to separate mobile traffic by user agent and handle those requests with a another server.</p>

<p>Edit: the site is hosted on Netlify, which I believe uses Cloudfront</p>

<p>Will routing all requests through a reverse proxy affect performance?</p>