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by est 115 days ago
> Electricity is magic. TCP is magic.

Hmm, they aren't if you have a degree.

> Browsers are hall-of-mirrors magic

More like Chromium with billions LoC of C++ is magic. I think browser shouldn't be that complex.

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I took classes on how hardware works with software, and I still am blown away when I really think deeply about how on earth we can make a game render something at 200fps, even if I can derive how it should work.

It’s quite magical.

> I think browser shouldn't be that complex.

how is browser formed. how curl get internent

They need to do away instain coders!