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Is there any advantage with the first path? It will be easier to switch web servers later. Gateway protocols are stable and compatible. Servers make it easy for existing apps to switch over. C...
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2025-10-05T18:25:51Z (12 months ago)
> Is there any advantage with the first path? It will be easier to switch web servers later. Gateway protocols are stable and compatible. Servers make it easy for existing apps to switch over. CGI frameworks avoid locking you into a single server. There's competition and you have freedom to pick your favorite from a long list of alternatives. For example, when you're a couple months into developing your service, you might decide that Caddy is better than the venerable nginx. Switching is quite easy. There's even guides for that specific migration path. Most of the migration is actually just deleting stuff, because Caddy has saner defaults. You don't have to rewrite your app code at all. If you use a framework in your own language, there is tighter coupling in your code so switching will be more work. You are also restricted to frameworks in your own language. So your service will be slower to support new web features.