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WS2HTTP - Day 2: Implementing Message Routing

Progress Update I've been somewhat busy with other things on the weekend but today I've returned to work some more on WS2HTTP, and by now things actually work pretty well. It's also a lot less complicated than anticipated (the entire Node.js server is ~150…

WS2HTTP - Day 1: Switching from Rust to Node.js

Initial Attempt with Rust/Tokio Today I've continued experimenting with this WS2HTTP idea and first started building the backend with Rust/Tokio... Gotta say, I really didn't like it, it just felt so overly complicated. I suppose that's the price one has t…

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…