Month: August 2025

NGINX: High-performance Web Server and Reverse Proxy

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NGINX has become one of the most popular web servers in the world, widely praised for its speed, scalability, and versatility. Originally developed to solve the C10k problem (handling 10,000 simultaneous connections), it has evolved into a multi-purpose tool for web hosting, load balancing, reverse proxying, API gateway management, and even email proxying. In this … Read more

A Deeper Dive into Microsoft IIS: Real-World Uses, Developer Workflows & Competitors

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When you’re working within Windows environments, you’ve likely crossed paths with IIS—short for Internet Information Services. Microsoft IIS is Microsoft’s native web server software, and while it doesn’t always get the same open-source hype as Apache or Nginx, its place in enterprise infrastructure and development workflows is solid. In this post, we’ll go beyond “what … Read more