https://ferron.sh/blog Release notes, technical deep dives, and guides for Ferron — a fast, modern web server built for production debugging. https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-6 https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-6 Ferron 3.0.0-rc.6 is now available, with lower memory usage and several correctness fixes Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:41:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/about-ai-overuse https://ferron.sh/blog/about-ai-overuse *sigh*, there's too much talk about AI and too little about actually solving problems with code... Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:41:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-5 https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-5 Ferron 3.0.0-rc.5 is now available, with distributed TLS improvements and a forwarded authentication bugfix. Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:27:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-4 https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-4 Ferron 3.0.0-rc.4 is now available, with distributed rate limiting with Redis/Valkey and overall stabilization fixes Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:21:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-3 https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-3 Ferron 3.0.0-rc.3 is now available, with overall stabilization and some cache bugfixes. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 21:23:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/self-hosting-pitfalls https://ferron.sh/blog/self-hosting-pitfalls A post about various pitfalls to watch out for when self-hosting your services or running your own homelab. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:17:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-2-emergency https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-rc-2-emergency Ferron 3.0.0-rc.2 emergency release is here, with critical HTTP/2 empty response body bugfix. This announcement also includes a post-mortem analysis of the bug. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:11:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-rc https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-rc After months of development, Ferron 3 RC (Release Candidate) is here. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:25:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/sws3-vs-ferron3 https://ferron.sh/blog/sws3-vs-ferron3 A comparison of the new v3 beta of Static Web Server (SWS) and the latest beta of Ferron 3. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:55:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/welcome-to-ferron-discuss https://ferron.sh/blog/welcome-to-ferron-discuss Today, I'm excited to announce the opening of Ferron Discuss, the official discussion forum for anything Ferron-related. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:26:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-beta-11 https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-beta-11 Ferron 3.0.0-beta.10 is now available, significant performance improvements (especially in static file serving), various bugfixes and more. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:02:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/joomla-performance-tips https://ferron.sh/blog/joomla-performance-tips Some tips to improve the performance for your website running on Joomla, backed by benchmarks. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:24:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-beta-10 https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-beta-10 Ferron 3.0.0-beta.10 is now available, featuring security hardening, HTTP/3 stabilization, correctness for your services, and more. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:21:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/web-infrastructure-observability https://ferron.sh/blog/web-infrastructure-observability Explanation of how observability can help you debug web infrastructure, along with various use cases and scenarios. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:58:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/no-more-vibeio https://ferron.sh/blog/no-more-vibeio A story about how a thread-per-core, asynchronous Rust runtime from Ferron got renamed to something more sensible. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:02:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/browser-compatiblity-improvements https://ferron.sh/blog/browser-compatiblity-improvements How I improved a new website for compatibility with web browsers and JavaScript disabled, including CSS transformations and browser-specific hacks Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:16:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-beta-9 https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-beta-9 Ferron 3.0.0-beta.9 is now available, featuring FIPS-certified builds, on-disk cache persistence, native canary deployments, custom HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 implementations, and strict RFC 9111 caching compliance. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 19:38:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/vibe-building-http https://ferron.sh/blog/vibe-building-http A write-up on using "agentic engineering" to build custom HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 implementations, along with their real-world testing story. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:20:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/vibe-hosting https://ferron.sh/blog/vibe-hosting A post about a web hosting software vendor talking about AI a lot, and vibe-hosting providers possibly appearing in the future. Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:35:00 GMT https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-beta-8 https://ferron.sh/blog/ferron-3-0-0-beta-8 Ferron 3.0.0-beta.8 is now available, with configuration format improvements, and default pages that adopt Ferron's new brand identity. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:51:00 GMT