I haven ' t driven through Colfax in a decade . So then , like a lot of WSU students , you ' re on the 10 year bachelor ' s degree plan ? I jest of course , this is rivalry week after all . <| sep |> Nginx is asynchronous by nature , and it has caching as well . It can also do gzip of your files or load balance backends to get static files faster . That is how it makes things faster . You might not notice this for 12 queries , but it does matter in case of heavy loaded production <| sep |> lol no ty I got offered 2 keys earlier but I think its just cool to have <| sep |> Yeah the mail thing still exists . I have to admit this cuz it ' s hilarious , but when they first came out , I remember thinking ' oh these guys will never make it ' what a stupid idea .