The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) has evolved over the years to meet the needs of modern applications, from simple text delivery to high-performance, real-time experiences.
The HTTP/3 migration is way underrated in prod environments. Most teams are still on HTTP/2 becuase switching to QUIC requires rethinking your entire proxy layer and CDN setup. The UDP-based transport sounds great for mobile and lossy connections, but debugging QUIC packet loss is a nightmare compared to TCP where you have mature tooling. I deployed HTTP/3 on a high-traffic API last year and the mobile latency improvements were legit, around 25-30% reduction in p95 response times. But we had to rebuild monitoring becuz traditional tcpdump workflows dont work the same way with encrypted UDP streams. Worth it tho if you have significant mobile traffic.
Fascinating, this article really makes me think about what HTTP/3 (or beyond) will need to handle for future AI applications and real-time experiences; you have such a gift for explaninng complex system design.
The HTTP/3 migration is way underrated in prod environments. Most teams are still on HTTP/2 becuase switching to QUIC requires rethinking your entire proxy layer and CDN setup. The UDP-based transport sounds great for mobile and lossy connections, but debugging QUIC packet loss is a nightmare compared to TCP where you have mature tooling. I deployed HTTP/3 on a high-traffic API last year and the mobile latency improvements were legit, around 25-30% reduction in p95 response times. But we had to rebuild monitoring becuz traditional tcpdump workflows dont work the same way with encrypted UDP streams. Worth it tho if you have significant mobile traffic.
I'm kinda confused. The title is "Evolution of HTTP," but there's one graphic and four small bullet points devoted to it? That's it?
Barely get any information out of this - compare to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/Evolution_of_HTTP
The Mozilla post is so much more informative and explanatory.
Here’s an article I wrote about HTTP and its evolution -
Part 1 - https://pradyumnachippigiri.substack.com/p/understanding-http-for-backend-engineers
Part 2 - https://pradyumnachippigiri.substack.com/p/all-about-http-part-2
Fascinating, this article really makes me think about what HTTP/3 (or beyond) will need to handle for future AI applications and real-time experiences; you have such a gift for explaninng complex system design.
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A great topic that many developers don't fully understand.