“I have an application, it only has a few users, hosted on nginx. There is 1 endpoint which can take up to 5 minutes to execute. What’s the best way to fix this?”
Response:
“Immediate fix…
Increase nginx timeout settings explains how”
I happen to have a php project here hosted on nginx with docker locally for running and testing. So I asked cursor the exact same question. It suggested refactoring to make the call async, or changing nginx. I said change nginx. It updated the config and rebuilt docker compose to make sure the change happened.
It’s always a user issue when it comes to using AI.
Out of curiosity I asked Claude.
“I have an application, it only has a few users, hosted on nginx. There is 1 endpoint which can take up to 5 minutes to execute. What’s the best way to fix this?”
Response:
“Immediate fix…
Increase nginx timeout settings explains how”
I happen to have a php project here hosted on nginx with docker locally for running and testing. So I asked cursor the exact same question. It suggested refactoring to make the call async, or changing nginx. I said change nginx. It updated the config and rebuilt docker compose to make sure the change happened.
It’s always a user issue when it comes to using AI.