I think code to implement http/1.1 in whatever software stack they use would have been shorter than the blog post...

stingraycharles 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think you’re severely underestimating the complexity of http/1.1. It’s definitely much simpler than http/2, but it’s a lot of code that needs to be maintained.

	▲	londons_explore 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		To write the code from scratch, sure. But I'm thinking a few lines of nginx config to proxy http 1.1 to 2

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werdl 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

probably not - it can be quite poorly defined in places and the edge cases can be very fiddly. by pushing for http/2 it encourages more users to pick it up imo

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cenamus 3 hours ago | parent [-]

http/2 surely not simpler?

	▲	JoshTriplett 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Having to support http/1.1 and http/2 is definitely not simpler.