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nginx has been around since 2004. haproxy since 2001. httpd since 1995..... Re-inventing the wheel is almost certainly harder than learning the configuration
by Twirrim 8y ago
nginx has been around since 2004. haproxy since 2001. httpd since 1995.....
Re-inventing the wheel is almost certainly harder than learning the configuration syntax of any of these.
- tinco 8y agoWriting an http proxy is 5 lines in node.js, and not much more in Ruby. I could do it in either without even consulting a reference. I spent hours learning nginx configuration, and could spend hours more. If all I need is a simple proxy with some logic why do it? It's not reinventing the wheel, it's building a wheel that's good enough, using the materials you got.