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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by belfalas on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @06:59PM (#34333219)
Also, you should study up on TCP/IP networking. You should be able to telnet to an HTTP server and write out a correct request by hand and have it work.
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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by intelVISA on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:33PM (#34334362)
Oh you tease, TCP/IP is more than just \r\n and HTTP/1.1! We need at least 21 libraries for that!
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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by belfalas on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:47PM (#34334464)
Haha yes, for sure. I mean that it’s good to understand that HTTP is built on top of other things.

I can’t tell you how valuable it’s been at times to understand how packets flow over a network. When ECONNREFUSED first rears its ugly head many developers tremble. Over time you learn it’s just a slog of debugging. Emotional control while programming is invaluable.

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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by twawaaay on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:09PM (#34347058)
Connecting to FTP server with telnet left as exercise for the reader... :)
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