Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (September 10, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for September 10, 2023 :</p>
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“Make” as a Static Site Generator (2022)
Summary: Karl Bartel explains how to create a static site generator using make. The basic setup requires input files in a source directory, adding a header to all HTML files, and copying other files to the build directory. The approach is easily customizable and can be extended for different needs, such as marking the current page, generating pages from markdown, and adding convenience features like serving the site locally, rebuilding on change, and uploading to GitHub Pages.
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Nginx Unit – Universal web app server
Summary: NGINX Unit is a lightweight, versatile open-source server that serves static assets, works as a reverse proxy, and runs applications in multiple languages. It compresses several layers of the modern application stack into a single solution, focusing on performance, low latency, and scalability. Its native RESTful JSON API enables dynamic updates and flexible configuration. Unit supports a variety of languages and can be easily installed on macOS, Docker, Amazon Linux, Fedora, RedHat, Debian, and Ubuntu.