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The more I read about Mongrel2 the more interested I am in it.

I have never really looked at the code of a web server before for comparison but it is kind of interesting to read about Zed's approach to building a web server.

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I think Mongrel2 has some cool ideas in its design, but using sqlite for configuration seems very heavy, creates more dependencies and you can't edit the data in a text editor which moves away from how you traditionally configure a unix service. Bad choice.

The config file could be a sql script that you write in a text editor and then run.

It really isnt that big of a deal. How often are you changing your web server configuration ?

I think the traditional way of configuring a unix service manually using a random config file format that hides the underlying data structure is a bad choice. I'm trying to provide a way to automate things, and the best way to do that is with a universal data structure and langauge that modifies it accessible from every programming language.

sqlite3 fits that goal.

In other words, try doing .schema on your nginx.conf.

Initially I didn't like the idea of using sqlite for the config, but actually, this makes total sense and I agree with it as long as you don't make it into something Lovecraftian :D

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