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> doesn't support binary data But HTTP is a text based protocol. Why do you need binary? > assumes that versioning is linear What does linear mean? Afaict SS

by klabb3 2y ago

> doesn't support binary data But HTTP is a text based protocol. Why do you need binary? > assumes that versioning is linear What does linear mean? Afaict SSE ids are opaque strings. > doesn't provide any way to add new headers to each response XY problem? Do you really need HTTP headers or do you need a way to pass X from server to client? I’m not familiar enough with the specific problem, but it’s always good to reuse as much as possible of existing infrastructure.

__david__ 2y ago
> But HTTP is a text based protocol. Why do you say that? It supports binary content just fine. If that were true images would be horribly inefficient to send, like they are with smtp (which is an actual text based protocol).
- toomim 2y ago
  Yes, like for images. You can't send image updates over SSE.
- klabb3 2y ago
  It’s text by default, but you’re right. I would say it’s idiomatic to use text until needed, at least. But if the CRDT payloads allow binary it makes sense to avoid SSE.