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A case study for replacing PHP with Lua
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Best web request generator for benchmarking
I needed to compare several Lua web server software packages for raw speed. This proved to be rather difficult because one web request generator after another had problems. In the end, I found what I needed, and produced an article benchmarking OpenR...
Oct 24, 20234 min read
Update: OpenResty vs Lua 5.4: a benchmark
This is an update to version 1 of my blog article that benchmarked Lua alternatives to OpenResty. Several parties replied to inform me of some impressive alternatives, so I have added benchmarks for redbean and nginx-lws, two good options for Lua 5.4...
Oct 24, 20232 min read
OpenResty vs Lua 5.4: a benchmark
The problem One of my customers, the University of Antwerp, wants to switch from PHP to Lua 5.4 for their web apps that access their library catalogue product. OpenResty is the obvious choice of web stack ... but it doesn't support Lua 5.4. Everyone ...
Sep 20, 20234 min read
Making lua–yottadb Fast
TLDR: YottaDB is a fast and clean database and it deserves a Lua API that is as fast as possible. This article discusses how we improved lua-yottadb to go ~4× as fast when looping through database records, and a stunning 47× as fast when creating Lua...
Sep 20, 202320 min read