#server | Anand S - Things I Learned

Mon, Nov 10, 2025. HTML + JS apps will last longer than server-side apps and it makes sense to write more of those. For essential back-end services, keep them generic. Specific services layers I see are: #cloud #future #prompt-engineering #server #todo
- Auth (e.g. Google Auth, Auth0, Supabase, ...)
- Storage (e.g. Supabase, Firebase)
- LLMs (e.g. OpenAI, Claude, OpenRouter)
- Communications (e.g. EmailJS)
- ... Extend with LLMs

Sat, Oct 18, 2025. Cloudflare's Sandbox feature in their Workers looks impressive. It supports streaming, web access to the container, and long-running processes. So we can spawn off a task and have it run a server (at least for a while) or a scraper. #cloud #future #server

Wed, Sep 10, 2025. rustdesk is an open-source remote desktop software. TeamViewer alternative. Self-hostable. #github #hosting #server

Fri, May 2, 2025. ServerHunter.com seems to have the best search for low-cost hosting providers. MassiveGrid currently offers the cheapest servers -- even lower than Hetzner. #hosting #server

Sat, Mar 15, 2025. What makes client-side computing on the browser powerful is #cloud #html #server #web-dev
- There's nothing to install
- Private by default: data stays with client
- Speed: no latency

Sat, Feb 22, 2025. Caddy sets up reverse proxies that get automatic SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt! #server

Sat, Dec 21, 2024. What to use for hosting: ChatGPT #chatgpt #cloud #github #hosting #html #server #web-dev
- GitHub Pages: Static websites, medium files
- Cloudflare Pages: Static websites, global delivery
- Vercel: Frontend frameworks (e.g. Next.js) with high DX and ISR, small files
- Netlify: JAMstack projects, minimal back-end, moderate files
- Glitch: Small static projects
- Render: Full-stack apps requiring databases and server-side compute
- Firebase Hosting: Small sites, limited large files
- Archive.org: Public archival, large files
- Google Drive: File sharing, large files
- Dropbox: File sharing, moderate files
- Cloudflare R2: Static assets, large file delivery

Sun, Jul 14, 2024. nginx supports a load-balancing method least_conn which is far better than the default round-robin. #server

Sat, Mar 30, 2024. TechEmpower web server benchmarks place Rust servers on top #hosting #prompt-engineering #server #web-dev