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Let's compare an excerpt from RFC 2616 section 13.3.3 to the equivalent one in RFC 9110 section 8.8.2.

Yet Another Guide because existing ones don't work with shallow clones.

A niche programming pattern to satisfy the borrow checker.

in the context of programming, transpernt is a contranym it can either mean that a system is hard to see (like a pane of glass) or easy to see into (like a transparent gameboy). these two meanings are pretty much exact opposites, and it's frequently diffi…

an incredibly simple protocol for reliably and correctly downloading large immutable files.

My Plea to the W3C: Giving a semantic meaning to an “Obsolete” element.

One simple trick to fix the worst part of the platform.

refining the ideas behind HTTP, BitTorrent, Gemini, and 9p to create a simple protocol for reliably transferring large immutable files.

Firefox's best-kept secret feature.

What imagine you have two devices, a client and a server, connected in a peculiar way: the server cannot send messages to the client without the client asking for them there are two channels, a request on one channel can only be responded to on the same c…