Hacker News with Generative AI: Web Servers

Unicorn Unix Magic Tricks (2014) (thorstenball.com)
Unicorn is a webserver written in Ruby for Rails and Rack applications. When I first used it I was amazed. This is magic, I thought. It had to be. Why?

Web Servers, Ruby, Rails, Programming

6 points by Tomte 7 days ago | 0 comments

My new Raspberry Pi Zero web server (paulcapewell.com)
Had a lovely sunny weekend of first birthday parties (three of them!) in the park and some gardening. But I've also been metaphorically squirrelled away working on a little project I've been semi wanting to do for years now: set up a self hosted web server.

Raspberry Pi, Web Servers, Personal Projects

6 points by speckx 11 days ago | 1 comments

Caddy v2.10.0 (github.com/caddyserver)

New Releases, Software, Web Servers

6 points by bertman 17 days ago | 1 comments

Caddy v2.10 (github.com/caddyserver)

New Releases, Software, Web Servers

11 points by NicolaiS 20 days ago | 1 comments

Last Windows update creates C:\inetpub (infosec.exchange)

Windows, Updates, Security, Web Servers

57 points by N19PEDL2 30 days ago | 31 comments

Ferron – A fast, memory-safe web server written in Rust (github.com/ferronweb)
Ferron - a fast, memory-safe web server written in Rust

Web Servers, Rust, Performance, Memory Safety

141 points by lamg 37 days ago | 100 comments

Show HN: I built a memory-safe web server in Rust (ferronweb.org)
Ferron is a web server optimized for speed, security, and efficiency.

Rust, Web Servers, Programming, Security, Performance

90 points by dorianniemiec 68 days ago | 76 comments

Nginx: try_files Is Evil Too (2024) (getpagespeed.com)

Nginx, Web Servers, Performance Optimization

80 points by dextercd 81 days ago | 19 comments

Caddy – The Ultimate Server with Automatic HTTPS (caddyserver.com)
The Ultimate Server makes your sites more secure, more reliable, and more scalable than any other solution.

Web Servers, Security, HTTPS, Software

568 points by huang_chung 82 days ago | 227 comments

Dissecting Puma: Anatomy of a Ruby Web Server (dansvetlov.me)
Puma is the most popular1 web server for running Ruby applications. If you’ve recently started working on a new Rails application, chances are you’re using Puma to serve HTTP traffic, as it is the default Ruby on Rails server. Puma has stood the test of time, having gone through three major Ruby versions and been around for over 15 years, making it a treasure trove of interesting and mature design decisions.

Ruby, Web Servers, Programming

19 points by thunderbong 129 days ago | 0 comments

Multifaceted Monitoring of Angie, an Nginx fork (angie.software)
Angie is an nginx fork that offers additional functionality while preserving nginx's lightweight and efficient design.

Networking, Open Source, Software, Web Servers

3 points by zaurio 138 days ago | 0 comments

Caddy Ninja – Setup an HTTPS-Enabled Web Server with Caddy on Alpine Linux (caddy.ninja)
Setup an HTTPS-enabled web server with Caddy on Alpine Linux

Web Servers, Linux, Security, HTTPS, Caddy

7 points by todsacerdoti 145 days ago | 0 comments

Tengine: Open-source web server, originated by Taobao, based on Nginx (taobao.org)
Tengine is a web server originated by Taobao, the largest e-commerce website in Asia. It is based on the Nginx HTTP server and has many advanced features.

Open Source, Web Servers, Nginx, E-commerce, China

68 points by thunderbong 221 days ago | 30 comments

Customizing Nginx Logs: A Comprehensive Guide (betterstack.com)
Nginx, like most applications, records a wealth of data related to client interactions, system events, and potential errors. However, this data's potential can only be fully realized through proper configuration, management, and analysis.

Nginx, Web Servers, Configuration, Logging, Optimization

14 points by thunderbong 239 days ago | 0 comments

Apache's odd behavior for requests with a domain with a dot at the end (utoronto.ca)

Apache, Web Servers, Domain Names, Networking

13 points by dpassens 248 days ago | 0 comments

Confusion Attacks: Exploiting Hidden Semantic Ambiguity in Apache HTTP Server (orange.tw)

Security, Apache, Web Servers

120 points by tptacek 273 days ago | 16 comments

PS-HTTPD: A web server written in PostScript (2010) (pugo.org)

Programming Languages, Web Servers, Retro Computing

64 points by todsacerdoti 297 days ago | 17 comments

Nginx Unit: open-source, lightweight and versatile application runtime (nginx.org)