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Ask HN: What web application server back end would you use for a new project?

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Re: Ask HN: What web application server back end would you use for a new project?

#7
This strongly depends on the purpose...

  How is it sized?
  Can it get bigger?
  Is it realtime?
  Is it Web / App / Other frontend?
  What backend languages / tech is supported?
I always wanted to try or tried successfully:

  SignalR (C#)
  Flask (Python)
  Gorilla (Golang)
  Revel (Golang)
  API Platform (PHP)
  Hapi (js)
  Express (js)
  Actix-web (rust)

Re: Ask HN: What web application server back end would you use for a new project?

#9

I've been really happy with express (Node). It has scaled really well for my company. Currently processing almost 200 million requests a month on a cheap $25/mo heroku dyno.

Note that this means 77 requests per second, which is not impressive at all.

200000000/(30x24x60x60) ~= 77.16