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		csomar on Oct 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My website is one binary (2022) I guess that would have been fine if we didn't have alternatives (ie: callbacks). He is already running a web server, so he could listen through that for updates.

janto on Oct 22, 2023 | [–]

If he breaks the server, then a callback/webhook notification for the fix won't work either.

If you want to use a callback for this I'd recommend still polling periodically anyway.

whizzter on Oct 22, 2023 | [–]

Problem with self-hosting though, if his server breaks, so does the callbacks.

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