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I created bigcgi.com largely in reaction to vendor lockin. I use the CGI standard and open source the whole platform. It allows for serverless apps to run loc
by fuball63 7y ago
I created bigcgi.com largely in reaction to vendor lockin. I use the CGI standard and open source the whole platform. It allows for serverless apps to run locally, with or without the platform, because any valid CGI binary/script (which communicates via stdin, env vars, and stdout) should run on the platform.
- dexen 7y agoPlease don't take the following as personal slight. Not sure if it's a joke or long term project... because the descriptions, while perfectly true, feel a bit like snark and sneer. "CGI: We are the original pranksters", right as it may be, doesn't exactly feel like an enterprise sales pitch. Other than that, and the single tier, tight RAM provision effectively precluding any hosted language like PHP, I applaud the initiative.
- fuball63 7y agoNo offense taken. I see it as an exercise of tech minimalism and exploring the boundaries of how much "obsolete" tech can really achieve. I'm not really interested in enterprise customers (too much pressure and liability). I envision it for students, side projects, and small operations. It is also currently in invite only beta while I continue my experiments with the platform. I have been meaning to work with the homepage; I do not want it to seem snarky. Thanks for checking out the site, I appreciate the feedback!