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dexter_e> Is there a way to limit Static file match attempts to a certain directory like /static/ ?
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 [6:34 PM] <tjholowaychuk> dexter_e use('/static', express.static('static'))
 [6:34 PM] <tjholowaychuk> that /static can be whatever you want though
 [6:34 PM] <tjholowaychuk>  /public etc
 [6:34 PM] <dexter_e> and then all other static file load attempts will be ignored ?
 [6:34 PM] <dexter_e> ( if they don't match any other routes )
 [6:35 PM] <tjholowaychuk> yeah
 [6:35 PM] <dexter_e> Sweet! Thanks!
 [6:35 PM] <dexter_e> I had one more question about Caching..    Is the cashe reset upon restart ?
 [6:36 PM] <dexter_e> And do you recommend using NGINX or some kind of proxy in front of express for caching or do you think its OK to just roll with Node front and center ?
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 [6:38 PM] <tjholowaychuk> staticCache?
 [6:38 PM] <tjholowaychuk> yeah it's in memory
 [6:38 PM] <tjholowaychuk> so on restart it's gone
 [6:38 PM] <dexter_e> I see
 [6:38 PM] <tjholowaychuk> we run node on port 80 so no nginx etc but it really depends on what you need
 [6:39 PM] <dexter_e> well, don't we all need the same thing? :)
 [6:39 PM] <dexter_e> speed, reliability, simplicity, flexibility n stuff..
 [6:39 PM] <dexter_e> :p
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 [6:41 PM] <nibblebot> tjholowaychuk: are you considering different logic for respawning workers in cluster? right now it will just respawn forever which locks up resources, pollutes error logs
 [6:41 PM] <tjholowaychuk> not really haha, depends on your entire set up, if you need "virtual hosts" etc, node isn't the fastest thing for file serving
 [6:41 PM] <tjholowaychuk> but the memory cache helps a lot
 [6:41 PM] <tjholowaychuk> though if you're in production you most likely use a CDN anyway
 [6:42 PM] <tjholowaychuk> nibblebot it should catch cyclic spawning
 [6:42 PM] <tjholowaychuk> cant remember if i have it configurable or not
 [6:42 PM] <nibblebot> it does for master restarting
 [6:42 PM] <nibblebot> but not workers
 [6:42 PM] <tjholowaychuk> ah
 [6:46 PM] <dexter_e> In context of Express is there a recommended strategy for static files in the CDN?
 [6:47 PM] <tjholowaychuk> not really, same as any other framework i suppose
 [6:47 PM] <tjholowaychuk> nothing really framework specific about it
 [6:47 PM] <dexter_e> Prepend base url at runtime ?