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Re:Ask HN: Language-agnostic concepts a Backend Engineer sho... by Sonata on Friday July 02, 2021 @08:58AM (#27710905)
Having a good knowledge of HTTP is useful in many different contexts.

- The correct semantics for each HTTP method

- What different status codes indicate

- Common headers, particularly around caching

- HTTP 1.1 vs HTTP 2

- Common authentication protocols - OAuth 2.0, JWTs, etc.

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