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Life & fun · November 10, 2010

A [pretty fast] static web server in the spirit of Facebook's Haystack

Needlestack is a static file web server created in the spirit of Facebook's Haystack - alexgartrell/Needlestack

A [pretty fast] static web server in the spirit of Facebook's Haystack launched on November 10, 2010 with 5 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.

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