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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Servers with Matt from Caddy

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, News, Technology

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk Matt Holt about Caddy, SSL, web servers, best practices, and more! LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Cloudinary - Sponsor Cloudinary is the best way to manage images and videos in the cloud. Edit and transform for any use case, from performance to personalization, using Cloudinary’s APIs, SDKs, widgets, and integrations. Guests Matt Holt Show Notes 02:08 - Who are you and what do you do? 03:22 - Why would you want to build a web server? 08:45 - How do SSL certs work? 14:03 - Why do you even need a web server? 23:03 - Is it better to have a web server serve your images? 20:31 - What is load balancing and why might you need it? 31:35 - Is server administration a lost art? 38:03 - What is a sidecar proxy? 38:50 - How do chron jobs work? 39:50 - Why is GO so fast? Why is it good? 46:32 - Should every website have an SSL certificate? Links Floss Weekly 364 Caddy Let’s Encrypt Certbot PM2 https://doesmysiteneedhttps.com Tello Drone ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Matt: LG Stick Vacuum Scott: Alen Pure BreatheSmart Air Purifier Wes: Tello EDU Shameless Plugs Matt: Matt Holt Sponsorships Scott: All Courses - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.

0:06.1

Strap yourself in and get ready.

0:08.0

Here is Scott Talinsky and West Boss.

0:10.5

Welcome to Syntax.

0:12.4

This is a podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.

0:16.6

We've got a really great show for you today.

0:19.3

A little bit of a different show, specifically focusing on servers,

0:23.6

which has always been a pain point of mind of managing servers and load balancing and SSLs

0:28.9

and proxying and running multiple labs, and we have Matt from Caddy server here to answer

0:34.4

all of our questions and talk about what Caddy is and whatnot.

0:37.4

So excited for that.

0:39.0

We've got three awesome sponsors.

0:40.2

Today, first one is Log Rocket does online JavaScript session replay.

0:45.0

Second one is FreshBooks online invoicing and accounting.

0:49.3

And third one is Cloudinary, which does all of your image transformations, hosting,

0:54.8

resizing the do video as well.

0:57.1

So check them out.

0:58.1

Hey, Matt, thanks for coming on.

1:00.3

Hey West.

1:01.3

And Scott.

1:02.3

Hey, thank you.

1:03.3

This will be fun.

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