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Sockets Interface: The Unsung Hero of Internet Infrastructure
The sockets API, created in 1983, remains the bedrock of network programming, enabling applications to communicate across the internet. Despite its age, it continues to underpin modern cloud services, web servers, and IoT devices. This blog post from APNIC celebrates its enduring design and ubiquity.
Meridian48 take
While the article is a nostalgic ode, it understates the growing pressure for alternatives like io_uring and QUIC to address performance bottlenecks in high-throughput systems.
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