[Tabular-Iceberg]

Every web browser already has a built in system for matching requests and responses and checking if requests have been pending too long. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.

The real problem with the software engineering discipline is that we are too easily distracted from solving the actual business problem by pointless architecture astronautics. At best because of boredom associated with most business problems being uninteresting, at worst to maliciously increase billable hours.

[motorest]

> The real problem with the software engineering discipline is that we are too easily distracted from solving the actual business problem by pointless architecture astronautics.

There are two pervasive themes in software engineering:

- those who do not understand the problem domain complaining that systems are too complex.

- those who understand the problem domain arguing that the system needs to be refactored to shed crude unmaintainable hacks and further support requirements it doesn't support elegantly.

Your comment is in step 1.

[Tabular-Iceberg]

Yes, but we’re just talking about making websites here. Rolling your own HTTP is overkill, you’re not Google.

[motorest]

> Yes, but we’re just talking about making websites here.

And Twitter is just a message board.

Those who do not understand the problem domain complain that systems are too complex.