On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 09:50:14PM +0200, Džen wrote: > What's the reason behind using nginx anyway? I guess it would be simpler to > write an own http web server with go's http lib. Or am I wrong?
Yes sure it's absolutely simpler to design, write, and test your own public-facing network service from scratch than it would be to deploy a well-tested and well-understood performant, secure server that has already been packaged for several popular operating systems. So much simpler.
