what are some must read RFCs for webdev
as the question says, are there any must read RFCs for WebDev concepts?
I've recently started reading RFCs instead of relying only on documentation and blog posts, and I've found them surprisingly approachable once you get past the formal language.
So far, I've looked at RFC 6455 (WebSocket),RFC 9110 (HTTP Semantics)
I'm interested in understanding how the web actually works under the hood rather than just how frameworks abstract everything away.
Which RFCs do you think every web developer should read, and why?
I'm especially looking for RFCs related to:
- HTTP
- Caching
- Cookies
- Authentication
- TLS/HTTPS
- WebSockets
- HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
- URI/URL standards
- Content negotiation
- Compression
- Any RFC that fundamentally changed how the web works
I hope my post doesn't get removed ugh god