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I have an idea: maybe software engineers and tech managers could take a bit longer to do things, so that they don't have to rush to fix them later. Because it's exactly what HTTP/3 sounds: a rushed fix for the HTTP/2 screw up.

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I think you should look into the histories of HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 before making such claims. These were both in development and deployment as proprietary protocols used by Google (in Chrome and other things) for nearly 10 years before being officially ratified.

> Because it's exactly what HTTP/3 sounds: a rushed fix for the HTTP/2 screw up.

Wasn't Google already publishing and promoting QUIC before SPDY got adopted as the basis for HTTP/2? SPDY was more conservative because it didn't replace TCP, QUIC wasn't a fix for SPDY being broken, it was a concurrent and less conservative effort poo.

Missed the edit window, I have no idea how “poo” got there.

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