Developer ships a modern commercial web app using C, CGI, SQLite, and OpenBSD instead of a conventional web framework

The author describes building marketyour.games as a full commercial web product with accounts, search, folders, Stripe payments, and Postmark emails using C and CGI. The stack relies on OpenBSD, httpd, SQLite, and a statically linked binary, arguing that CGI is far more viable in 2026 than its outdated reputation suggests.

The project highlights a countertrend toward simpler, more understandable software stacks as developers push back against framework complexity and operational overhead. While unlikely to replace mainstream web stacks, this approach shows how small-scale web apps can benefit from minimal dependencies, easy deployment, and strong OS-level security.