http://simonwillison.net/2007-07-24T15:18:03+00:00Simon Willison2007-07-24T15:18:03+00:002007-07-24T15:18:03+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jul/24/fleeting/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://fleetingideas.com/post/6539239">Disambiguated URLs with Ruby on Rails</a></strong></p> Using before_filter to remove trailing slashes and a few lines of lighttpd configuration to kill the www. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/disambiguated">disambiguated</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lighttpd">lighttpd</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nowww">nowww</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/rails">rails</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/urls">urls</a></p>

2007-04-06T22:12:16+00:002007-04-06T22:12:16+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Apr/6/magnet/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs:ModMagnet">mod_magnet</a></strong></p> lighttpd module that will be included by default in version 1.5—it lets you write Lua scripts that can hook in to any phase of the request, including URL rewriting and content generation. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/04/05/the-lighttpd-web-server.html">ONLamp</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lighttpd">lighttpd</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lua">lua</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/modmagnet">modmagnet</a></p>

2007-02-17T16:56:28+00:002007-02-17T16:56:28+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/17/quick/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://superjared.com/entry/quick-django-benching/">Quick Django Benching</a></strong></p> Django under Apache/mod_python outperforms nginx/FastCGI and LightTPD/FastCGI once you ramp up the concurrency levels. My setup for this site (Apache/mod_python behind an nginx proxy, with nginx handling static files) should give the best of both worlds. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apache">apache</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/deployment">deployment</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/fastcgi">fastcgi</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lighttpd">lighttpd</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/modpython">modpython</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nginx">nginx</a></p>

2007-02-15T11:00:33+00:002007-02-15T11:00:33+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/15/delivery/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/02/11/content-delivery-system-design-mistakes/">Content delivery system design mistakes</a></strong></p> Collection of tips for optimising Web server performance. Mentions lighttpd/nginx, Keep-Alive, expires headers, noatime and more. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/http">http</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lighttpd">lighttpd</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nginx">nginx</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/performance">performance</a></p>

2007-01-10T11:31:22+00:002007-01-10T11:31:22+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jan/10/nginx/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://hostingfu.com/article/nginx-vs-lighttpd-for-a-small-vps">Nginx vs. Lighttpd for a small VPS</a></strong></p> My VPS is still running nginx with no problems at all. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/hosting">hosting</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lighttpd">lighttpd</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nginx">nginx</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vps">vps</a></p>