Julia Evans is best known for her zines and blog posts that break down technical topics in a friendly way. She has written educational material on everything from Linux system calls to working with managers.

She joins us to talk about what she learned while writing her latest zine: HTTP: Learn your browser's language.

Timestamps:

0:50 - Why write a zine about HTTP?
1:21 - What's a header that could break your site?
2:50 - What does HTTP look like?
5:58 - What headers are most important?
8:39 - Response Codes
12:26 - Authentication
14:57 - Cookies
18:37 - Using browser development tools
19:46 - Caching and CDNs
25:46 - Referrer Header and Hotlinking images
27:34 - Resuming file downloads
30:00 - URLs
32:11 - Why webpages show different languages
34:34 - Same Origin Policy / CORS
43:42 - Compression / GZIP
45:58 - Intermediate Programming Education
49:35 - Picking topics for blogs and zines
57:10 - Picking an audience to write to
59:54 - Types of educational material (zines, books)
64:03 - Why Julia likes the zine format
65:53 - Working on education full time

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How HTTP Works with Julia Evans