Better HTTP/1 connection reuse in Go 1.27(go.dev)
285 points by allddd | 46 comments
Go Blog post by Nicholas Husin and Damien Neil about improved HTTP/1 connection reuse in Go 1.27's net/http client.
#http on Hacker News
16 stories tagged http, newest first.
AWS Lambda Web Functions(aws.amazon.com)
81 points by HatchedLake721 | 76 comments
AWS News Blog post announcing AWS Lambda Web Functions, a new form factor for running standard HTTP web applications on Lambda without rewriting code as event handlers.
We just shipped support for the ugliest part of HTTP: Vary(blog.cloudflare.com)
109 points by thisisfatih | 23 comments
Cloudflare blog post announcing support for the HTTP Vary header in its CDN cache, configurable via Cache Rules with request normalization.
RFC 10008: The new HTTP Query Method(rfc-editor.org)
394 points by schappim | 163 comments
RFC 10008, a Proposed Standard defining the HTTP QUERY method: a safe, idempotent request that carries enclosed content like POST but can be safely retried.
TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP(mareksuppa.com)
511 points by mrshu | 221 comments
A TIL blog post explaining how to make HTTP requests from a minimal container lacking curl or wget by using Bash's /dev/tcp pseudo-device.
Quack: The DuckDB Client-Server Protocol(duckdb.org)
347 points by aduffy | 74 comments
DuckDB blog post announcing Quack, a remote protocol letting DuckDB instances communicate in a client-server setup with multiple concurrent writers over HTTP.
Show HN: Building a web server in assembly to give my life (a lack of) meaning(github.com)
382 points by imtomt | 205 comments
GitHub project ymawky, a static HTTP file server for macOS written entirely in ARM64 assembly using raw Darwin syscalls without libc.
HTTP Cats(http.cat)
547 points by surprisetalk | 84 comments
HTTP Cats is a website serving cat images illustrating each HTTP status code, accessible via https://http.cat/[status_code].
A 14kb page can load much faster than a 15kb page (2022)(endtimes.dev)
431 points by truxs | 282 comments
Blog post explaining how TCP slow start makes web pages under about 14kB load noticeably faster than slightly larger pages.
Most RESTful APIs aren't really RESTful(florian-kraemer.net)
324 points by BerislavLopac | 493 comments
Blog post by Florian Krämer arguing that most APIs called RESTful don't follow Roy Fielding's original REST architectural style as described in his dissertation.
Hurl: Run and test HTTP requests with plain text(github.com)
410 points by flykespice | 97 comments
GitHub repository for Hurl, an open-source command-line tool by Orange for running and testing HTTP requests defined in plain text files.
HTTP/3 is everywhere but nowhere(httptoolkit.com)
387 points by doener | 429 comments
HTTP Toolkit blog post by Tim Perry arguing HTTP/3 is widely deployed by browsers and CDNs but poorly supported in open-source tools and libraries.
How I write HTTP services in Go after 13 years(grafana.com)
685 points by matryer | 202 comments
Grafana Labs blog post by Mat Ryer describing how he structures and writes HTTP services in Go, based on 13 years of experience.
HTTP/3 adoption is growing rapidly(blog.apnic.net)
535 points by skilled | 398 comments
APNIC blog guest post by Robin Marx explaining why HTTP/3 and QUIC adoption is growing and how the protocol differs from earlier HTTP versions.
Hurl 4.0.0(hurl.dev)
547 points by jicea | 90 comments
Blog post announcing the 4.0.0 release of Hurl, a curl-powered command line tool that runs and tests HTTP requests defined in plain text.
Load Balancing(samwho.dev)
1011 points by kiyanwang | 202 comments
A blog post by Sam Rose explaining how a load balancer distributes HTTP requests across servers, building up from basic approaches to modern load balancing algorithms.