App::HTTPThis: the tiny web server I keep reaching for

I *heart* http_this

Whenever I’m building a static website, I almost never start by reaching for Apache, nginx, Docker, or anything that feels like “proper infrastructure”. Nine times out of ten I just want a directory served over HTTP so I can click around, test routes, check assets, and see what happens in a real browser. For that […]

Mission (Almost) Accomplished

http_this --autoindex

[This post might sound like I’m angry at people making it hard to make progress on some things. That’s not the case at all. I realise completely that people have limited time and they get to choose how they spend it. If people are too busy elsewhere or have moved on to other projects then […]