Show HN: unsafehttp – tiny web server from scratch in C, running on an orange pi

10 GSGBen 4 8/16/2025, 8:46:15 PM unsafehttp.benren.au ↗

Hey HN, I wanted to get more familiar with C programming, *nix socket programming and C compilation, so I wrote this "web" ""server"". It's running on a tiny SBC in my office, and there's as little as possible between you and it.

Happy for you to try and break it, hopefully with something more interesting than a DoS though :) Please let me know if you find any issues.

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p0w3n3d · 1m ago

I would expect GitHub page. The server seems down

joncfoo · 20m ago

Doesn't seem to be up =\

GSGBen · 12m ago

Whoops, should be back up now. I'll have to check logs later to see why it went down.

eyjafjallajokul · 4m ago

You're going to need a bigger host to support HN traffic :)

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Show HN: unsafehttp – tiny web server from scratch in C, running on an orange pi

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