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wolf550e
7 months ago
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Why I no longer have an old-school cert on my HTTP...
Implementing an ACME client in python using pyca/cryptography (or in Go) would be fine, but why do it in C++ ?
mr_toad
7 months ago
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Not everyone wants to deal with maintaining Python and untold dependencies on their web server. A C++ binary often has no additional dependencies, and even if it does they’ll be dealt with by the OS package manager.
wolf550e
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I think uv[1] basically solved this problem for python scripts. Go creates statically linked executables that are easy to deploy.
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https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/scripts/
fireflash38
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Docker/podman?
dmitrygr
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Not everyone wants to spin up a multi-GB container for when a 80KB C++ binary would do...
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