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>>ChrisM+(OP)
A standalone server feels very excessive.

This is static data that only needs to be updated once or twice a year. Why not just make this an npm or py module

>>NotAnO+Nu
Eh. It works, and works fairly well. I looked at all kinds of alternatives, and this was the one that seemed the most practical.

There’s a reason that there’s so little support for this kind of thing out there. It’s deceptively simple.

I’m a Swift app developer, not a backend guy. I just need a system that delivers the data I need, at an acceptable performance, and this does it.

It’s part of a system that aggregates about 35,000 records, from about 50 servers, and scrubs a lot of really filthy data. This part is for adding missing timezone info.

The deal is about “frontloading” all the data scrubbing, so that the system can quickly return an arbitrary amount of uniform data, on demand, and that can run on the cheapest hosting possible, without a need for tecchies.

It works a treat.