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+;; Simplified guile web server outlined in
+;; https://spritely.institute/news/building-interactive-web-pages-with-guile-hoot.html
+;; Just using this for developing the homepage.
+
+(use-modules (ice-9 binary-ports) (ice-9 format) (ice-9 match)
+             (web server) (web request) (web response) (web uri))
+
+(define (extension file)
+  (match (string-split file #\.)
+    (() #f)
+    ((_ ... ext) ext)))
+
+(define (mime-type file-name)
+  (or (assoc-ref '(("js" . application/javascript)
+                   ("html" . text/html)
+                   ("wasm" . application/wasm))
+                 (extension file-name))
+      'text/plain))
+
+(define (render-file file-name)
+  (values `((content-type . (,(mime-type file-name))))
+          (call-with-input-file file-name get-bytevector-all)))
+
+(define (not-found path)
+  (values (build-response #:code 404) (string-append "Not found: " path)))
+
+(define (directory? file-name)
+  (eq? (stat:type (stat file-name)) 'directory))
+
+(define (serve-file path)
+  (define %prefix `(,(getcwd) "public"))
+  (define (prepend-prefix path) (string-join (append %prefix `(,path)) file-name-separator-string))
+
+  (let* ((f (prepend-prefix (uri-decode path))))
+    (cond ((and (file-exists? f) (not (directory? f)))
+           (render-file f))
+          ((equal? "/" path)
+           (render-file (prepend-prefix "index.html")))
+          (else not-found path))))
+
+(define (handle-request request body)
+  (let ((method (request-method request))
+        (path (uri-path (request-uri request))))
+    (format #t "~a ~a\n" method path)
+    (serve-file path)))
+
+(run-server handle-request 'http '(#:port 8080))