I am reminded that "localhost" is magical. Most believe it resolves to 127.0.0.1, and it usually does. But it's not impossible to add "localhost" to DNS and have it resolve to a different address.
Additionally. "localhost" doesn't even have to resolve to 127.0.0.1. We get a whole /8! Do you want to run two local webservers and have them both use port 80? You could have them listen on different addresses! 127.0.0.2 and 127.0.0.3! Have fun 😁
Miah Johnson /
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2024-08-10 12:13:39
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npub1sc3glnpguqpthdsrfphap30rw3c2en83yqpg8gfp78dhl467l4us0vx7pnPublished at
2024-08-10 12:13:39Event JSON
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