C++ Web Server on my custom hobby OS (opens in new tab)

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102 pointsjoexbayer3mo ago14 comments

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"After a long break from working on my hobby operating system, I finally got back into it and finished a very important milestone"

This is a sign of great engineering. Code gets foreign code after some time of not being in it. If you easily can pick it up again, it is a sign that you've written maintainable and understandable code, also for others.

canyp3mo ago

Great website, massive rabbit hole I didn't know existed. There's a verified Ada/SPARK OS in there...

roetlich3mo ago

Very cool! Why was and the entire networking stack straight forward, but not HTTP (and TCP)? Could you take inspiration form other projects for things like DNS?

joexbayerOP3mo ago

Up to TCP most protocols are very straight forward, atleast getting them to work semi reliable. But then TCP explodes in complexity with all the state management and possible paths a connection can take.

HTTP is mostly annoying because of all the text parsing :D

sweetjuly3mo ago

Yeah...HTTP/1 is one of those weird cases where the older protocol is considerably more difficult to implement correctly than the newer ""more complex"" standard. This is especially true if you want your server to work with they myriad of questionably compliant clients out in the world.

HTTP/3 might have been easier, and using QUIC+HTTP/3 in your hobby OS is a fun flex :)

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yupyupyups3mo ago

You should add OpenAPI generation. So that basically the endpoint /openapi.json is auto-generated.

nesarkvechnep3mo ago

Like most thing in web development, this is backwards. Applications should be generated from the spec, not the other way around.

yupyupyups3mo ago

Care to explain the advantage of starting off with the spec rather than with code?

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winrid3mo ago

related - someone should take a stab at actually finishing this :) https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon/issues/988

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Aldipower3mo ago

"After a long break from working on my hobby operating system, I finally got back into it and finished a very important milestone"

canyp3mo ago

Great website, massive rabbit hole I didn't know existed. There's a verified Ada/SPARK OS in there...

roetlich3mo ago

Very cool! Why was and the entire networking stack straight forward, but not HTTP (and TCP)? Could you take inspiration form other projects for things like DNS?

joexbayerOP3mo ago

HTTP is mostly annoying because of all the text parsing :D

sweetjuly3mo ago

HTTP/3 might have been easier, and using QUIC+HTTP/3 in your hobby OS is a fun flex :)

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yupyupyups3mo ago

You should add OpenAPI generation. So that basically the endpoint /openapi.json is auto-generated.

nesarkvechnep3mo ago

Like most thing in web development, this is backwards. Applications should be generated from the spec, not the other way around.

yupyupyups3mo ago

Care to explain the advantage of starting off with the spec rather than with code?

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winrid3mo ago

related - someone should take a stab at actually finishing this :) https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon/issues/988

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