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My business is built on CGI scripts for processing automated webhooks. There's several non-trivial benefits: 1. Nothing running 24/7. No services to monito
by mperham 9y ago
My business is built on CGI scripts for processing automated webhooks. There's several non-trivial benefits:
1. Nothing running 24/7. No services to monitor, very light on memory.
2. Immune to memory leaks and bloat. Guaranteed fresh state on every request.
It's not ideal for user-facing functionality but has proven extremely reliable and maint-free. My goal was to use something that would require no recurring maintenance, unlike all modern web tech. All that is running 24/7 is Apache.
- lacampbell 9y agoThat's pretty cool to hear actually. CGI or FastCGI?