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Re:A Sketch of the Biggest Idea in Software Architecture (2022) on Monday April 22, 2024 @02:43PM (#40117429)
So many words to say "prefer tools that deal with text protocols and formats and never break backwards compatibility."

The article cites the HTTP protocol as an example of this. However only HTTP/0.9 and 1 are text format - HTTP/2 and 3 are binary.