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HTTP/3 over QUIC: Why the Internet Finally Let Go of TCP (and Why That Matters)
For years, TCP was the backbone of the internet.Reliable. Predictable. Battle-tested. And also… increasingly a bottleneck. If you’ve ever wondered why we needed HTTP/3 when HTTP/2 already felt “fast enough,” the answer isn’t hype or incremental optimization. It’s a fundamental shift in how modern networks behave — especially mobile, cloud, and globally distributed systems. This post walks through why HTTP/2 still wasn’t enough , what QUIC actually fixes , and why HTTP/3 is m









