Tender Surrender

This is a long post, so I'll put the conclusion right up front: the binary messaging feature in WebSocket will fundamentally overturn the way the internet has worked until now. Some of you might be thinking, "Yeah, I already know that." I thought I understood it in theory too, but after actually building an application with it, I truly felt it firsthand. It's a bit of a long read, but let me explain what I mean.