https://devonperoutky.super.site/blog-posts/mediocre-engineers-guide-to-https
“As a mediocre engineer, I took Internet and HTTPS communication for granted and never dove any deeper. Today we’re improving as engineers and learning a rough overview of how internet communication works, specifically focusing on HTTP and TLS.”
A great introductory guide to how HTTPS works. Till this day, I’m surprised by how many developers don’t even have a surface level understanding of HTTPS and the various communication layers. It probably comes down to incentives. If there is no direct reason the learn something for your project/job most people don’t.
However, when you realize that a lot of tangential information may not be useful in the obvious sense but will actually create a knowledge matrix that makes you a better developer, you’ll start trying to learn as much as you can.
Thanks for reading and as always, all comments, critiques and questions are highly appreciated. Here's a link to the previous article response.