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Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin

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The article discusses the performance challenges of CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts, a widely used technique for building web applications in the 1990s. It explores strategies and technologies that can improve the performance of CGI scripts, such as using FastCGI, persistent connections, and caching.
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