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by someothherguyy 4 days ago
> But hey, I didn’t code a Webserver so far - so what do I know

If you limit the scope, its worth doing and might not take as much effort as you might think. You could possibly find some enjoyment and learn a few things doing so.
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solid_fuel 4 days ago
In college I had a networks class where the capstone project was writing a basic HTTP server in C. It's actually shockingly easy, especially if you're only supporting get, and fetch.

Mine was something like 70 lines, and would just listen on 8080 and fork when it got a connection before checking for the requested file and sending it or a 404. I was immediately tempted to try adding something like CGI support but didn't have the time that semester.

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tracker1 3 days ago
Seconded, HTTP and event HTTPS to some extent isn't so bad to wireup... HTTP2/3/QUIC is another story IMO though.
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