I heard its name frequently around the time before nginx came to its fame. Maybe 15 years ago. However, I never heard any major players use it after that.
exactly. that was the same for me, "what the heck is litespeed?!" was my reaction, then i noticed it's been there for a few years already.
and the fact that it's a drop-in replacement for apache config files is just mind-boggling. who in their sane mind would want to reproduce that complexity?
IIS dying and Nginx replacing it might be due to Microsoft encouraging the use of Nginx with .NET (the artist formerly known as .NET core) ASP servers.
.NET already has a server embedded in it (Kestrel) but Microsoft documentation points to Nginx as the solution once you've moved out of development and into the wild, when deploying on linux.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 21.3 ms ] threadand the fact that it's a drop-in replacement for apache config files is just mind-boggling. who in their sane mind would want to reproduce that complexity?
.NET already has a server embedded in it (Kestrel) but Microsoft documentation points to Nginx as the solution once you've moved out of development and into the wild, when deploying on linux.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy...
I'd also assume the heavy use of CloudFlare makes gathering statistics extremely difficult.