From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, URIBL_BLOCKED shortcircuit=no autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 X-Original-To: unicorn-public@bogomips.org Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C450633805; Sun, 6 Mar 2016 02:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 02:21:56 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: unicorn-public@bogomips.org Subject: nginx-like reverse proxies as a "sponge"? Message-ID: <20160306022156.GA1554@dcvr.yhbt.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Lately, I've caught myself refering to reverse proxies like nginx as a "sponge" to soak up requests/responses in between the app server and slow clients. Perhaps it's easier to use the term "sponge" drive home the point that unicorn should never be exposed to slow clients? Anyways it's still disappointing that people still use unicorn with no proxy at all or proxies that can't completely buffer everything. And perhaps nginx needs some competition as a sponge for unicorn: http://yhbt.net/yahns-public/20160220081619.GA10850@dcvr.yhbt.net/t/