Is #http2 #ServerPush dead or alive in practice?
- As early as Nov 2020 Google Chrome team guys issued an intent to remove...
- According to mini-survey on LinkedIn it was only used by 3% of top websites in 2020 (https://linkedin.com/pulse/why-do-only-3-top-1000-websites-use-http2-server-push-samir-jafferali/).
- I can't easily find any more recent numbers.
- And yet server push made it to #http3!
Server-Sent Events: the alternative to WebSockets you should be using
Server-Sent Events: the alternative to WebSockets you should be using -- yes, they're quite likely exactly what you're thinking: a method to push data from the server to the client, without WebSockets, just open web standards 😍 ... It's fascinating all t
#webstandards #serverpush #javascript #http #ephemera
So Google is going to remove #ServerPush from @ChromiumDev and recommends Early Hints instead.
But EH aren't implemented yet, an experiment starts to see if it is worth it.
But server-side @golang doesn't support EH...
Let's add support of EH in #golang! https://github.com/golang/go/pull/42597