Osterhout tends to be prescient in his diagnoses, though not his solutions. Eg. His take on scripting languages filling a unique role that wouldn’t be replaced

Osterhout tends to be prescient in his diagnoses, though not his solutions. Eg. His take on scripting languages filling a unique role that wouldn’t be replaced by system languages was pretty accurate; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousterhout%27s_dichotomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousterhout%27s_dichotomy , especially in the AI/ML community these days. His solution, Tcl/Tk, was niche though. On the supposed death of TCP, Bruce Davie posted a more nuanced take: https://systemsapproach.substack.com/p/tcp-the-p-is-for-platform https://systemsapproach.substack.com/p/tcp-the-p-is-for-plat... And https://systemsapproach.substack.com/p/quic-is-not-a-tcp-replacement https://systemsapproach.substack.com/p/quic-is-not-a-tcp-rep... In short, a lot of what we do on the web and data centre these days feels more like RPC, and HTTP/3 (QUIC) seems more fit for purpose. This doesn’t mean it replaces TCP for high throughput byte steams. Another interesting development in the data centre is the rise of WireGuard for mesh secure connectivity, with Tailscale as its most recent herald. Hop-by-hop mTLS is notoriously hard to manage but Tailscale is a breeze. And identity based ACLs replacing CIDR-based firewalls? Yes please!