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some feedback on the documentation... From the intro, I don't fully understand what this is. Is it a web server, is it a reverse proxy, is it for microservices
by rubyfan 10y ago
some feedback on the documentation...
From the intro, I don't fully understand what this is. Is it a web server, is it a reverse proxy, is it for microservices?
Also, you mention Kong and Nginx+Lua without drawing too much distinction. If those are alternates, why would someone choose to use this over those alternates?
- soasme 10y agoThanks for your feedback. I am keeping on fixing documentations... And yes, Blackgate is a reverse proxy for microservices. The reason not using Kong is because if you want to start a Kong cluster, you have to run a bunch of dependencies in several nodes, like Nginx, PostgreSQL, etc. Blackgate is much simpler in this case. Write config, and Run instance. Nothing more. I believe the architecture is not built in one-day. In early state, we can choose a simpler tool to avoid over-engineering.
- rubyfan 10y agoCool, being a specialized simple tool is a good differentiator. Maybe a link to the source code too. Usually when I check out a new project like this I like to see what language it's written in and look under the hood a bit.
- soasme 10y agoFirst post in SHOW HN. So lack of experience :) This is the repo: https://github.com/soasme/blackgate https://github.com/soasme/blackgate Written in Tornado.