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Cloudflare Open sources Pingora (NGINX replacement)

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

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Exploring Pingora: A Memory Safe Alternative for C and C++ Services

This chapter delves into the technical aspects of Pingora, highlighting its ownership model, zero downtime features, and integration with tools like log and Prometheus. It emphasizes the benefits of Pingora for security in the cloud environment and the importance of handling memory leaks to prevent DOS attacks. The discussion also covers the debate between multi-threaded and multi-process systems, explaining the advantages of thread switching and the challenges of managing shared memory connections effectively.

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