Simple Protocol Names Lie

Biggest lie in tech? "realtime" is realtime. Biggest lie in tech? “Simple” in any protocol name: Examples: SMTP: simple mail transport protocol SNMP: simple network management protocol SOAP: simple object access protocol SFTP: simple file transfer protocol

A Twitter screenshot jokes that technology terms like “realtime” and “simple” are misleading. The punchline is that protocols containing “simple” often have complicated names and functions, making the word itself the biggest lie. EN: A Twitter screenshot jokes that technology terms like “realtime” and “simple” are misleading. The punchline is that protocols containing “simple” often have complicated names and functions, making the word itself the biggest lie.

• @right_wing_dev_squads / 3847 2022-04-11