I'm this guy who lurks in online forums and would jump in to help random people with their "server load" and "slow page loading" issues. The magic was in seeing that load drop from 100+ to single digits with snappier page loads. I knew this was something others could benefit from but also knew it was going to be a tough thing to build and scale. Challenge accepted! So I set out to build Cachoid. I paused work on it some months ago in order to finish off some other business I had started earlier.
I'm bootstrapped so I'm grateful in advance for feedback, comments, things I need to improve, and things you need to see before you seriously consider using something like this.
Outline:
0. Instant Varnish Cache nodes (< 10s) with ready-to-go VCLs you can spin from an increasing number of locations; each node runs inside its own container
1. Four 21-days trials. To hell with credit cards!
2. Simple API endpoint to get page cache status, push new VCLs, purge, upload TLS/SSL certificates, push HTML files (Varnish hosted).
3. ModSecurity rules a click away
4. WordPress, AWS S3, Github.io, and file/static hosting (HTML-uploaded files cached inside your Varnish instance) VCLs. So Cachoid will memory-cache your "backends" and serve them like hot pancakes
5. E2EE is a few clicks away if you have an TLS/SSL cert. It's rough around the edges but works
9. Other features I haven't listed that I feel would make me sound like a car salesman like load balancing and auto resource upgrade (I almost tricked you there, see?)
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[ 5.8 ms ] story [ 16.5 ms ] threadI'm bootstrapped so I'm grateful in advance for feedback, comments, things I need to improve, and things you need to see before you seriously consider using something like this.
Outline:
0. Instant Varnish Cache nodes (< 10s) with ready-to-go VCLs you can spin from an increasing number of locations; each node runs inside its own container
1. Four 21-days trials. To hell with credit cards!
2. Simple API endpoint to get page cache status, push new VCLs, purge, upload TLS/SSL certificates, push HTML files (Varnish hosted).
3. ModSecurity rules a click away
4. WordPress, AWS S3, Github.io, and file/static hosting (HTML-uploaded files cached inside your Varnish instance) VCLs. So Cachoid will memory-cache your "backends" and serve them like hot pancakes
5. E2EE is a few clicks away if you have an TLS/SSL cert. It's rough around the edges but works
6. Internal & external monitoring of nodes
7. Google 2FA to access your Cachoid account
8. Stripe subscription, one-time Paypal & Stripe, Bitcoin (through Stripe)
9. Other features I haven't listed that I feel would make me sound like a car salesman like load balancing and auto resource upgrade (I almost tricked you there, see?)
10. Check out this page if you're curious. It has screen shots and articles: https://www.cachoid.com/support
Some uses cases:
1. Survive the hug of death (HN, Reddit, etc) with high flying colors
2. Cache static sites, S3 "sites", github.io, etc. Smooth out the sporadic speed issues
3. Cache CMS sites like WordPress
4. Cache certain API endpoints