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Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly should I be looking for that warrants a frontpage of HN for this link ?

Official support for WebSockets and SPDY in nginx is big news. WebSocket support especially, as previously it was impossible to do long-polling / WebSocket type work in nginx without resorting to unreliable 3rd party modules.

Websocket support is big deal.

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