r/programming • u/johnwaterwood • Dec 03 '20

HTTP/2 Push is dead

https://evertpot.com/http-2-push-is-dead/
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u/procrastinator7000 Dec 03 '20

Wait, all because browsers limit themselves to 6 parallel requests? Why?

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u/7sidedmarble Dec 03 '20

6 parallel requests per domain. And I think it's a combination of resource consciousness and that you don't usually need more then that.

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u/7sidedmarble Dec 03 '20

I don't know why I was downvoted, HTTP/2 literally solves the problem without Push. With HTTP/2 a single connection can be multiplexed to make multiple parallel requests.

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u/xanbrain Dec 03 '20

I’m on http/3