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Sort of tangential but I’m surprised folks are still using Apache all these years later. Is there a certain language that makes it better than Nginx? Or it just the ease of use configuration that still pulls people? I switched to Nginx I don’t even know how many years ago and never looked back, just more or less wondering if I should.

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Apache does everything, it's fairly easy to configure. If there's something you want to do, Apache mostly knows how, or have a module.

If you run a fleet of servers, all doing different things, Apache is a good choice because all the various uses are going to be supported. It might not be the best choice in each individual case, but it is the one that works in all of them.

I don't know why some are so quick to write off Apache. Is just because it's old? It's still something like the second most used webserver in the world.

Equally tangential, but I switched form Nginx to Caddy a few years ago and never looked back.

I'm using nginx since what feels like decades and occasionally I miss the ability to use .htaccess files. This is a very nice way to configure stuff on a server.

I use it because that’s the one I’m most familiar with. Using it since 15 years and counting. And since it doesn’t the job for me, I never had the urge to look into alternatives.

Apache has so much functionality. Why wouldn't anybody use it?

I started using it when Oracle's Webcache wouldn't support newer certificates and I had to keep Oracle Portal running. I could edit the incoming certificate (I had to snip the header and the footer) and put it in a specific header for Portal to accept it.

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