The web server deployment model breaks at hobby scale
This article discusses the technical challenges of designing web applications intended for self-hosting. It argues that modern deployment models often force developers to choose between inefficient application-level file serving or complex reverse proxy configurations.
Why it matters
It highlights a common friction point in software architecture that impacts the performance and maintainability of self-hosted open-source software.
the web server deployment model breaks at hobby scale
lets say you want to make a web thing that you intend other people to host on their own servers. unfortunately, by thinking this very thought you immediately locked your codebase out of several efficiency tricks other software intended to be hosted privately can make use of, and you have now burdened yourself with reinventing several wheels others have already done better.
let’s start out with a baseline, which we’ll add to as requirements change:
separate from the application so your private keys aren’t exposed wider than necessary
lets you change how you get your certs without impacting application code
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