Pinterest moves to HTTP/3 on all their clients and edge CDNs this year. They witnessed interesting gains but not without good lesson learned. The main one was the mismatch of alt-svc vs DNS ttls.
I cover this on the next episode of the backend engineering course.
0:00 Intro
2:00 Moving h2 to h3 through alt-svc
5:00 Why HTTP/3
6:00 HTTP/1 vs HTTP/2
9:00 TCP H ... Show More
Apr 15
My new book - Root cause, Stories from two decades of backend bugs
I wrote a new book that has been in the works for years. It is called Root Cause, and it is for those who enjoy the art of backend engineering.Early in my career, 20 years ago, I built backend and database applications without fully grasping their inner mechanics. Performance iss ... Show More
9m 48s
Nov 2020
HTTP Archive's 10th Anniversary
(November 19, 2020) Rick meets with Steve Souders, who created the HTTP Archive project 10 years ago this month, to talk about its origins and reflect on it's growth. They're also joined by Patrick Meenan, creator of WebPageTest and maintainer of HTTP Archive, along with Paul Cal ... Show More
48m 46s
Jun 2024
Episode 75: *Rerun* of The OG Bug Bounty King - Frans Rosen
Episode 75: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin and Joel are sick, So instead of a new full episode, we're going back 30 episodes to review.Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcastWe're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback ... Show More
2h 44m
Feb 2023
Episode 7: PortSwigger Top 10, TruffleSecurity Drama, and More!
Episode 7: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we talk about PortSwigger's Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2022 (link below), some drama surrounding TruffleSecurity's XSS Hunter, and, as always, some great bug bounty tips.Sorry if the audio is a little roug ... Show More
56m 39s
Nov 2023
Episode 43: Caido - The Up-And-Coming HTTP Proxy
Episode 43: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're joined by Emile from Caido, who shares his journey into the bug bounty and ethical hacking world. We kick off with a hilarious incident involving Joel, a child on an airplane, and an unfortunate cough. W ... Show More
1 h
Apr 2024
Episode 68: 0-days & HTMX-SS with Mathias
Episode 68: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Mathias is back with some fresh HTMX research, including CSP bypass using HTMX triggers, converting client-side response header injection to XSS, bypassing HTMX disable, and the challenges of using HTMX in larg ... Show More
1h 3m
May 2023
Blockchain Scalability w/ Cartesi
Omran is a tech-savvy with a background in software architecture for more than 15 years, having worked in big companies such as Google and Intel. Max, on the other hand, even without a tech background, has always been curious about innovation and technology, using business models ... Show More
1h 3m