Dev Tools · 1h ago
Why NGINX still beats Caddy for production workloads
A developer explains why they chose NGINX over Caddy for a production system on a single VPS. The setup handled 2,500 requests per second with zero errors and a p99 latency of 308ms. NGINX's rate limiting, cache stampede protection, and security isolation were key factors.
Meridian48 take
The article makes a solid case for NGINX's performance advantages, but Caddy's simplicity and automatic HTTPS may still be better for teams without deep infrastructure expertise.
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