It's even worse than it appears.
Tuesday May 19, 2020; 12:20 PM EDT
Programming milestone#
  • I just got something neat working, PagePark integrated with Forever. So now I can create a sub-folder of the domains folder, and put a Node app in it. PagePark will see it when it boots, and launch the app with Forever, running as a package, with no UI. PagePark tells it what port to run on via process.env.PORT, which is a standard. That's how PagePark, which is foremost an HTTP server, knows how to route requests to the app. #
  • I've always suspected this is where Forever belongs, but it took a few iterations over a couple of years to get to this place. The pieces all snap in place. #
  • Further, I did it on a server without Dropbox running on it. The Linux version of Dropbox appears to be an unmaintained mess. It feels so much more solid not depending on it. #

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