News: Load testing a $4 VPS, TOML for .env files, counting unique visitors sans cookies, the Arc browser & a love letter to Deno

Alice Girard Guittard finds out how much she could you really get out of a $4 VPS, Brett Cannon wonders if using TOML for .env files is a good idea, Nic Mulvaney details how they count unique visitors to a website without using cookies, UIDS, or fingerprinting, after a few months, Chris Coyier is still using the Arc browser & Alex Kladov pens a love letter to Deno.

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Featuring:

• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

• RIHANNA LOOK OUT
• How much can you really get out of a 4$ VPS?
  • K6
  • CRUD benchmark code
• Use TOML for .env files?
  • TOML
• Counting unique visitors without using cookies, UIDs or fingerprinting.
• Still on Arc
  • arc.net
• A love letter to Deno
  • Ryan Dahl on JS Party #256

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro
(00:39) - How much can you get from a $4 VPS?
(01:57) - Use TOML for `.env` files?
(03:23) - Counting unique visitors privately
(04:52) - Still on Arc
(06:17) - A love letter to Deno
(08:29) - Outro

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