Middleware does work with self-hosting[1]. It’s a more limited runtime that’s based on web standard APIs, which creates optionality for running it in high performance / resource constrained scenarios.
It _can_ work, but _won't_ for most real world workloads
Beyond the runtime limitations, it is poorly designed and requires you to effectively write a router when the rest of the system has automatic routing assembly
Beyond the runtime limitations, it is poorly designed and requires you to effectively write a router when the rest of the system has automatic routing assembly