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One String Value Crashed Asia's Biggest Streaming Site — We Found It with OpenResty XRay

One String Value Crashed Asia's Biggest Streaming Site — We Found It with OpenResty XRay

Binary Vulnerability Scanning: Catch Backported Patches, Cut False Positives
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Binary Vulnerability Scanning: Catch Backported Patches, Cut False Positives

Binary Vulnerability Scanning: Catch Backported Patches, Cut False Positives

Introduction to OpenResty XRay
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Introduction to OpenResty XRay

Introduction to OpenResty XRay

Anatomy of a 15x Performance Drop: A 90k to 6k QPS Root Cause Analysis with OpenResty XRay
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Anatomy of a 15x Performance Drop: A 90k to 6k QPS Root Cause Analysis with OpenResty XRay

Anatomy of a 15x Performance Drop: A 90k to 6k QPS Root Cause Analysis with OpenResty XRay

Non-Invasive Java Profiler: Capture Method Arguments in Production Without a Java Agent
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Non-Invasive Java Profiler: Capture Method Arguments in Production Without a Java Agent

Non-Invasive Java Profiler: Capture Method Arguments in Production Without a Java Agent

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The Wonderland of Dynamic Tracing (Part 1 of 3)

The Wonderland of Dynamic Tracing (Part 1 of 3)

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How OpenResty and Nginx Shared Memory Zones Consume RAM

How OpenResty and Nginx Shared Memory Zones Consume RAM

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Nginx Memory Usage Explained: Where the RAM Actually Goes

Nginx Memory Usage Explained: Where the RAM Actually Goes

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OpenResety Edge Jul 17, 2026

OpenResety Edge Updated Jul 17, 2026 13 mins read

CDN for Live Streaming: Surviving Peak Events Without Peak-Event Bills

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  • Why live streams crash at peak: running day-to-day doesn’t mean surviving the peak
  • How a private CDN turns peak stability from probability into certainty
  • Live streaming CDN cost comparison: surviving the peak isn’t paying for the peak
  • The real cost of a private CDN: not the same as building from scratch
  • Beyond delivery: what a live streaming scenario needs from the same gateway layer
  • FAQ
  • Why live streams crash at peak: running day-to-day doesn’t mean surviving the peak
  • How a private CDN turns peak stability from probability into certainty
  • Live streaming CDN cost comparison: surviving the peak isn’t paying for the peak
  • The real cost of a private CDN: not the same as building from scratch
  • Beyond delivery: what a live streaming scenario needs from the same gateway layer
  • FAQ

OpenResety Edge Jul 8, 2026

OpenResety Edge Updated Jul 8, 2026 18 mins read

Building a Self-Hosted Live Streaming CDN for HLS with OpenResty Edge

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  • Why live HLS breaks a naive caching setup
  • Building it on OpenResty Edge: two page rules with opposite TTLs
  • The most critical step: the Use stale proxy cache action
  • A shield tier with gateway partitions: collapsing to one fetch network-wide
  • Verifying the configuration and load testing
  • FAQ
  • Why live HLS breaks a naive caching setup
  • Building it on OpenResty Edge: two page rules with opposite TTLs
  • The most critical step: the Use stale proxy cache action
  • A shield tier with gateway partitions: collapsing to one fetch network-wide
  • Verifying the configuration and load testing
  • FAQ

OpenResty Open Source Jul 13, 2026

OpenResty Open Source Updated Jul 13, 2026 9 mins read

Install OpenResty - Complete Setup Guide for All Platforms

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  • Supported Platforms
  • Quick Start (Ubuntu / Debian)
  • Platform Installation Guides
  • ARM64 / Aarch64
  • Alpine Linux
  • macOS & Building from Source
  • Verify Your Installation
  • FAQ
  • Supported Platforms
  • Quick Start (Ubuntu / Debian)
  • Platform Installation Guides
  • ARM64 / Aarch64
  • Alpine Linux
  • macOS & Building from Source
  • Verify Your Installation
  • FAQ

OpenResety Edge Jun 26, 2026

OpenResety Edge Updated Jun 26, 2026 11 mins read

Taming Internal Traffic Chaos with OpenResty Edge

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  • The essential differences between north-south and east-west traffic governance
  • Four engineering pain points in the microservices deep end
  • Mesh vs. centralized internal gateway: a route comparison and OpenResty Edge’s engineering positioning
  • A three-phase progressive rollout path and pragmatic recommendations
  • The essential differences between north-south and east-west traffic governance
  • Four engineering pain points in the microservices deep end
  • Mesh vs. centralized internal gateway: a route comparison and OpenResty Edge’s engineering positioning
  • A three-phase progressive rollout path and pragmatic recommendations

OPENRESTY Jun 26, 2026

OPENRESTY Updated Jun 26, 2026 2 mins read

OpenResty Edge Version 26.6.8 Now Available

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  • Core Highlights
  • Enhanced Features & Increased Flexibility
  • Improved Usability & Observability
  • Key Fixes and Stability Enhancements
  • How to Upgrade?
  • Core Highlights
  • Enhanced Features & Increased Flexibility
  • Improved Usability & Observability
  • Key Fixes and Stability Enhancements
  • How to Upgrade?

OPENRESTY Jun 26, 2026

OPENRESTY Updated Jun 26, 2026 11 mins read

Built-In DDoS Defense for OpenResty Edge—Without Another Appliance or a Second Ops Surface

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  • The impossible triangle of DDoS defense
  • OpenResty Edge design choices: achieving all three goals at once
  • Performance as engineering fact, not a slogan
  • Automation as a prerequisite for DDoS defense, not a nice-to-have
  • Observability: transparency is the foundation of trust
  • Building a built-in, adaptive defense stack
  • The impossible triangle of DDoS defense
  • OpenResty Edge design choices: achieving all three goals at once
  • Performance as engineering fact, not a slogan
  • Automation as a prerequisite for DDoS defense, not a nice-to-have
  • Observability: transparency is the foundation of trust
  • Building a built-in, adaptive defense stack

OpenResety Edge Jun 26, 2026

OpenResety Edge Updated Jun 26, 2026 8 mins read

OpenResty Edge Data Protection: From Scheduled Backups to Automatic Failover

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  • First line: scheduled backups and off-host sync
  • Second line: primary–standby streaming replication
  • Third line: automatic failover cluster
  • Comparing the three approaches and selection guidance
  • First line: scheduled backups and off-host sync
  • Second line: primary–standby streaming replication
  • Third line: automatic failover cluster
  • Comparing the three approaches and selection guidance

OpenResety Edge Jun 26, 2026

OpenResety Edge Updated Jun 26, 2026 10 mins read

Automating Kubernetes Gateway Node Lifecycle with OpenResty Edge

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  • The gateway dilemma in the Kubernetes era: static control models vs. cloud-native reality
  • Capability one: automated lifecycle management for gateway nodes
  • Capability two: multiple K8s clusters and unified control
  • Capability three: a two-tier upstream system
  • Summary
  • The gateway dilemma in the Kubernetes era: static control models vs. cloud-native reality
  • Capability one: automated lifecycle management for gateway nodes
  • Capability two: multiple K8s clusters and unified control
  • Capability three: a two-tier upstream system
  • Summary

OPENRESTY Jul 7, 2026

OPENRESTY Updated Jul 7, 2026 9 mins read

lua-cjson Too Slow? jit.cjson Speeds Up JSON Encoding in OpenResty 18x

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  • Where Exactly Is the Performance Ceiling?
  • Common Workaround Strategies and Their Limitations
  • Why Custom Development or Hacking Existing Libraries is a Bad Idea
  • Seeking a More Direct Breakthrough
  • Infrastructure-Level Optimization: jit.cjson
  • Why the Official Solution is the Safer Bet
  • Minimal Adoption Cost
  • Where Exactly Is the Performance Ceiling?
  • Common Workaround Strategies and Their Limitations
  • Why Custom Development or Hacking Existing Libraries is a Bad Idea
  • Seeking a More Direct Breakthrough
  • Infrastructure-Level Optimization: jit.cjson
  • Why the Official Solution is the Safer Bet
  • Minimal Adoption Cost

OPENRESTY Jul 7, 2026

OPENRESTY Updated Jul 7, 2026 6 mins read

Minify HTML, CSS & JS Inside Nginx: OpenResty's 120 MB/s Streaming Minifiers

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  • When You Can’t Touch the Build Pipeline
  • Why a Regex Won’t Cut It
  • Three Approaches That Almost Work
  • A Streaming FSM for Each Language, Compiled to Native Code
  • Five-Minute Setup: A Configuration Example
  • Four Things to Know Before Going Live
  • When You Can’t Touch the Build Pipeline
  • Why a Regex Won’t Cut It
  • Three Approaches That Almost Work
  • A Streaming FSM for Each Language, Compiled to Native Code
  • Five-Minute Setup: A Configuration Example
  • Four Things to Know Before Going Live
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