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title: "Switching to Axum"
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date: 2022-04-02
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- rust
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In classic Jef fashion, it took me less than a week to completely overhaul the
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way my site works ;p Visually nothing's changed, but internally the website is
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now being powered by a web server [written in
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Rust](https://git.rustybever.be/Chewing_Bever/site-backend), powered by
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[Axum](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum).
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The reason for this is expandibility. While nginx is really good at what it
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does, it's rather limited when it comes to implementing new features on top of
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it. However, even if it wasn't, I would've still switched because I just really
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wanted to work in Rust once more :D
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Favoritism aside, the plan is to join the [IndieWeb](https://indieweb.org/)
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network. To quote their homepage:
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> The IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the "corporate web".
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They've got some really great ideas about what the internet could be if we
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tried, and considering I agree with nearly all of them, I wanna join ;p
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My first project will be to implement the Webmention protocol. This consists of
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a simple exchange of POST requests, where you notify another user's site
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whenever you mention one of their posts. This in exchange allows them to
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display my response on their website, and vice versa! In essence, it's simple
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decentralized commenting.
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My plans after this are still vague. I might dip my toes into
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[IndieAuth](https://indieauth.net/),
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[microformats](https://indieweb.org/microformats) or any of the other cool
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concepts they've got the offer! Either way, the plan is to enjoy myself with
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this site ;p
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If all goes well, this post will be the first new post to get published using
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my new deploy system, so fingers crossed :)
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Have a lovely day <3
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