boxcars
Infrastructure
web server
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
0 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 12 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.43.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Go version is much easier to write than nginx while performing close to it
From 2 comments
I remain not-entirely-convinced (1) by Go, but things like this are turning the tide. If it is indeed slower than nginx, it is not dramatically so. Considering the amount of time…
justinsb on HNI would like to know how the benchmarks are generated, but my point is that it wasn't slower-enough to ignore it, and that's amazing considering how much micro-optimization has…
justinsb on HN
Objections
Runs as root or needs high port; no user ID dropping, which the maker later addressed with a -secure option
From 2 comments
A word of warning guys, I've had a look through the code and unless I've missed the obvious, there's nothing in there to change user ID; which means this would either need to be…
laumars on HNjust implemented -secure option for this purpose; https://github.com/azer/boxcars/blob/master/secure.go usage example; http://github.com/azer/boxcars#security thanks for the…
oakaz on HN
Benchmarks are unclear and may not reflect real workloads
From 3 comments
Looking at the benchmark (https://gist.github.com/azer/5955772), which measure suggests that its slower than nginx? I was looking at the transaction rate and the longest…
joebo on HNWith benchmarks like this it worth asking 3 questions: * Are they relevant. Does this represent the expected production workload. You could find this is 10x better than nginx at…
rdtsc on HNI would like to know how the benchmarks are generated, but my point is that it wasn't slower-enough to ignore it, and that's amazing considering how much micro-optimization has…
justinsb on HN
JSON configuration is too limited for web server config
From 2 comments
json format is too limited for a web server configuration if you want to be the nginx alternative. Think about how you would represent conditional statements, how to include and…
tszming on HNjson is fine until your config system needs accurate numeric values.
harrytuttle on HN
Not a true web server; more a reverse proxy with static serving
From 2 comments
So it's a reverse HTTP proxy, which can also serve files locally? That's an interesting thing, no doubt, but it doesn't feel like a web-server. I wrote a flexible reverse…
stevekemp on HNIt's technically an alternative, but since it performs worse and has less features you would probably never actually use it as an alternative. It should probably be described as…
RyanZAG on HN
No HTTPS support found
From 1 comment
I'm very interested in this because this is the kind of web server I was planning to write for my work, but from a quick glance I didn't find HTTPS support. Is HTTPS supported or…
JoeAcchino on HN
Requests
Add HTTPS support
From 1 comment
I'm very interested in this because this is the kind of web server I was planning to write for my work, but from a quick glance I didn't find HTTPS support. Is HTTPS supported or…
JoeAcchino on HN
Independent security review
From 1 comment
Nice to see an alternative on the cards. Of course, we need some independent security reviews before this can be used seriously.
alexchamberlain on HN
Support for Windows or non-GNU/Linux platforms
From 1 comment
Seems to be GNU/Linux only.
pjmlp on HN
Questions
How are the benchmarks generated?
From 1 comment
I would like to know how the benchmarks are generated, but my point is that it wasn't slower-enough to ignore it, and that's amazing considering how much micro-optimization has…
justinsb on HN
How are custom 404 pages served with correct status codes?
From 1 comment
The custom 404 page example in the readme looked incomplete - how do you ensure those pages are served with the correct HTTP status code?
simonw on HN
Is this a common Go convention to nest main package in a subdirectory?
From 1 comment
Code organization question: is this a common convention in Go, to nest the main package in a subdirectory and put all of the 'modules' in different files but with the same…
pandeiro on HN
Alternatives named
nginx
From 2 comments
I remain not-entirely-convinced (1) by Go, but things like this are turning the tide. If it is indeed slower than nginx, it is not dramatically so. Considering the amount of time…
justinsb on HNLooking at the benchmark (https://gist.github.com/azer/5955772), which measure suggests that its slower than nginx? I was looking at the transaction rate and the longest…
joebo on HN
mod_proxy
From 1 comment
Honestly I never have. Because in practise it is fast enough that it just didn't come up. I'm sure that if I were to pimp the project properly then that would be a good thing to…
stevekemp on HN
Mongrel2
From 1 comment
The point is that it's written in language-du-jour and therefore fascinating and novel. In fairness though, json will probably wind up being a common configuration format anyhow.…
jacques_chester on HN