poll: have you used the unix sockets API directly to make network connections? (like by calling `bind` / `connect` / etc yourself, not through an HTTP library)

@b0rk
Given your reach and pedagogical chops, I hope you'll spread knowledge about TCP_NODELAY and its benefits to a wide audience :)

@c_cube haha yeah I wrote about that 9 years ago and I feel like it's one of the most important posts I've ever written https://jvns.ca/blog/2015/11/21/why-you-should-understand-a-little-about-tcp/

definitely always worth talking about more!

@b0rk
Ha! My bad, I think I saw that in the past and should have remembered. It's the single most important thing to know when using a tcp socket 😅!

@c_cube no it's a great reminder! I'll put it on my list

@b0rk Ha, I struggle with the line between “no, but I’d like to know how” and “no, and I’m not interested” — I have not yet had a real desire to know about networking at that level, but there are very few topics that aren’t interesting at all, especially when presented in an engaging way. Like, “I didn’t think I was hungry, but if a good chef offers me a morsel, sure, I’ll have one of those.”

@lea haha that's so real! like I am not intrinsically super interested in historical fashion but I have watched a lot of bernadette banner videos

@b0rk
Does it count if you’ve done bind / connect / listen socket stuff in python?

@estranged yeah absolutely

@b0rk Yes, but in college over 20 years ago, so… confusing. 😆