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WS2HTTP - Day 0: Bridging WebSockets and CGI

The Problem with Modern Web Stacks So, because I've been thinking a lot about how to do small projects on the web without all the complexity inherent in modern stacks I came upon an idea that might be able to allow for efficient WebSockets with a (Fast)CGI…

Skill X Change - Day 1: Why I'm Abandoning the Project

Decision to Abandon the Project So, I'm calling quits on this project. Mainly because working with this stack is just no fun and mostly just slows me down. Still good that I tried things out, so that now I know WHY I don't like certain parts of the stack. …

Skill X Change - Day 0: Project Setup and Tech Stack Exploration

Project Introduction So for my first project I thought I'd build a simple Web Page/App where people can specify what they know and what they'd like to know, and the system then matches people up so they hopefully learn something nice from each other, not p…