Miah Johnson on Nostr: I am reminded that "localhost" is magical. Most believe it resolves to 127.0.0.1, and ...

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 😁