Speakeasy JS - Redbean: Actually Portable Executable Web Server (Justine Tunney)
What it is
Justine Tunney presents Redbean, a web server distributed as a single actually portable executable that runs on multiple operating systems. It embeds Lua, SQLite and MbedTLS in a fork-based server.
Why Hacker News recommends it
The author and others link it as the definitive explanation of redbean and the APE toolchain, including its performance claims.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“If you're interested in learning more, this talk from 2021 is fascinating”
Fascinating talk on redbean and APE toolchain
TimTheTinker, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “Unix didn't use to support '#!', a brief history”
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Topics: redbean, cosmopolitan, web server, lua, justine tunney
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