In this episode of The Backend Engineering Show, Hussein Nasser teaches you how to politely close HTTP connections—no more abrupt hang-ups! You’ll learn why graceful shutdowns matter, how HTTP/1.1 uses the Connection header to wrap things up cleanly, and how HTTP/2’s GOAWAY frame steps in to say “I’m done!” without interrupting in-flight requests.
On top of that, there’s a treasure trove of links: Chromium source dives, issue trackers, plus courses on Node.js, NGINX, database engineering, networking, and more. If you build or maintain backends, this crash course on shutting things down nicely is a must-watch.
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