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Re:Web CGI programs aren't particularly slow these days by Retr0id on Monday January 08, 2024 @12:58PM (#38915628)
The page was served to me with `Last-Modified: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 04:02:49 GMT`, which to me implies either aggressive caching, or that the publishing system acts like a static site generator.
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Re:Web CGI programs aren't particularly slow these days by siebenmann on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:19PM (#38958390)
The publishing system takes some pains to provide an accurate last-modified value for HTTP caching purposes (and an ETag too); internally it tracks the most recent modification time of all components that go into the page as it's (dynamically) assembled from various pieces.

(I am the author of the linked-to article and also the author of the software it's running. Said software also has (on-disk) caching, but that's not why the last-modified is back in December of last year.)

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