Slashdot effect

Post by amypetrik8 » Thu, Nov 27, 2025, 2:19 PM UTC

georgeburdell wrote: post #54

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #39

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One of the most popular API frameworks is called “FastAPI” but in any meaningful benchmark it’s one of the slowest commercially used pieces of web software the industry has adopted. There is no hope for large segments of the industry. We actively choose to make bad decisions all the time, and then people rationalize them.

FastAPI is the best combination of an easy and a flexible Python library for web servers, from my experience. If I need performance, I will rewrite it in Go.

Post by gizajob » Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 11:02 AM UTC

firefax wrote: post #73

gizajob wrote: post #52

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Slashdot was the shiznitt back in the day of ye olde web. Great submissions and great personality amongst the admins and commenters. On occasions when I’ve brought that attitude here I’ve been slapped down by dang…

It certainly had an impression on me in my younger days -- moving over to Firefox and later messing around with Knoppix and becoming an open source geek probably stemmed in large part from seeing all the "Install Linux, problem solved" memes.