I tried Gliimly. I just had to after some really weird comments below that start like a gossip club and then degenerate into preferences for git commiting (like anyone cares about either). Anyway, Gliimly's simple to write code with, and without being too pedantic about what some people think "web service" or "service-oriented" means, it did what I needed it to do. That is to say, I was able to build a web application for work (insurance) pretty darn quickly, all in a REST-like structure of service calls. I am not a fan of an object oriented paradigm, though the company I work for (still) uses C++. I used to be all over it. But it's gotten so complicated that I am looking to make a 180 and find something so simple it stinks. Gliimly could be it, or not, but I like simpler. Is it safe? I did try some nasty stuff that would overwrite memory, and the program stopped with the appropriate message. I tried SQL injection and couldn't do it. So the fact it's written in C doesn't mean anything, I mean lots and lots of critical software are written in it. I haven't run into any bugs, and compiler error message were pretty descent. The performance was better than C++ for the same legacy app we have, and that's about 12x larger in terms of source code. Overall, Gliimly is something I could work with, assuming it stays, which is a big if. Most projects like this eventually lose steam unless they get some kind of sponsorship from a "consortium" of companies, but hey, some work out without that kind of backing just on their merit. Time will tell.