L'Évêque Fou

Are Democrats "FOR" abortions?

I saw a friend's mother post a somewhat slanted comparison of the party platforms, stating that Republicans are "FOR" "protection of the unborn", while Democrats are "AGAINST" this. The unstated implication was that

Political

Medicare For All, Really

Medicare For All has promise, but I'm not sure it's politically feasible in the USA. Maybe this is more feasible.

IETF

IETF 101: Balance of Concerns

There were many great conversations and much excellent work done last week at IETF 101 in London. As is so often the case lately, many of our decisions had to balance the intersection

IETF 100: War for the Middle

IETF 100 took place a few weeks ago in Singapore, and across multiple venues, there was one topic that surfaced repeatedly, and opinions vary so widely that we might almost consider it a

[Not] Kneeling in God's Country

I've mostly stayed out of the whole "kneeling during the National Anthem" thing. But some things just tick me off, so I'm going to make a few comments. You are welcome

QUIC and Streams

In my previous post, I talked about why QUIC matters to the future of the Internet. I'd also like to look a little more closely at why it matters to HTTP specifically. Obviously,

What kind of Architect?

There's been an uptick in traffic around here lately, mostly because of people who know me at work or IETF getting exposed to my personal e-mail address on this domain. I joined Windows

A QUIC Introspective

In my long-ago last post on HTTP/2, I said that I would follow up with a discussion of QUIC and why I believe it's important. Real life has been unfortunately busy, but

A QUIC retrospection on HTTP/2

You may have heard this term "QUIC" floating around the Internet, and not known what to do with it. Is it an adverb? An acronym? A bad pun? And what does

A Parable

Let me tell you a story. Meet the Schmidts. They live in a semi-rural town, and between their jobs, bring in around $56,000/year. Grandpa Schmidt lives with them, and his pension