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Jul 14, 2024 · Backend Development

Why OpenResty Achieves High Performance: Inside Nginx, Cosockets, and LuaJIT

This article explains how OpenResty leverages Nginx's event‑driven architecture, the cosocket non‑blocking I/O model, and LuaJIT's just‑in‑time compilation to deliver high‑throughput web services, detailing their inner workings, APIs, and performance trade‑offs.