Caddy V2

Matt Holt joins Jon Calhoun to discuss Caddy, its history, and the process of creating a v2 of the popular web server. In the episode they discuss some of the challenges encountered while building the v2, reasons for doing a major rewrite, and more.

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Featuring:

• Matt Holt – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jon Calhoun – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• Caddy - A web server written in Go with automatic HTTPS by default.
• Caddy v2

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!