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by exdsq 1799 days ago
But this does matter to web developers! For example http/2 lets you request multiple files at once and server push support. If you don't know this you might not implement it and end up with subpar performance. http/3 is going to be built on UDP-based Quic and won't even support http://, will need a `Alt-Svc:` header, and removes the http/2 prioritisation stuff.

God knows how a UDP-based http is going to work but these are considerations a 'Software Engineer' who works on web systems should think about.
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kaba0 1799 days ago
Someone writing the framework should absolutely be intimately familiar with it, and should work on making these new capabilities easy to use from a higher level where your typical web dev can make use of it without much thought, if any.
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cjalmeida 1799 days ago
Err, no. Look at most startups and tell me how many of them care if they’re serving optimized content over HTTP/2?
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