A deep-dive into NGINX Unit — the language-agnostic application server with a REST API-driven configuration model that eliminates uWSGI, Gunicorn, and separate process managers. Covers architecture, live config reloads, Python/PHP/Go/Node/Java setup, TLS, routing, Docker, and Kubernetes, plus an honest assessment of its archived status and when it still makes sense to use.
Webassembly
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NGINX Unit: The Application Server Nobody Talks About -
The WASI Component Model: WebAssembly's Missing Piece A deep technical guide to the WebAssembly Component Model — WIT interface files, wasm-tools, composing polyglot components, the Fermyon Spin and wasmtime ecosystems, plugin systems, and an honest assessment of what is production-ready today.
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WebAssembly Beyond the Browser: WASI, Kubernetes Sidecars, Spin, and the Future of Serverless A practical guide to server-side WebAssembly — WASI and the component model, running Wasm workloads in Kubernetes with runtimes like wasmtime and spin, Fermyon's Spin framework for serverless functions, and why Wasm may reshape the edge and serverless landscape.