Caddy HTTP/2 Web Server (Changelog Interviews #179)

Matt Holt and Sebastian Erhart joined the show to talk about Caddy the HTTP/2 web server written in Go. It’s time to serve the web like it’s 2015!

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• Matt Holt – Website, GitHub, X
• Sebastian Erhart – GitHub, X
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Show Notes:

• Caddy - The HTTP/2 Web Server Made for Humans
• Caddy on GitHub
• Experimental install script (some hate piping into bash, but others find it convenient)
• mholt/caddy
• Let’s Encrypt
• xenolf/lego on GitHub
• A technical look at the inside of Caddy (Go language)
• [Podcast Suggestion] Matt Holt - Caddy HTTP/2 Web Server

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!