> The new solution for load balancing seems to be the new HTTPS and SVCB DNS records. As I understand it, they are standardized by people wanting to add extra p

> The new solution for load balancing seems to be the new HTTPS and SVCB DNS records. As I understand it, they are standardized by people wanting to add extra parameters to the DNS in order to to jump-start the TLS1.3 handshake, thereby making fewer roundtrips. The other big advantage of the HTTPS record is that it allows for proper CNAME-like delegation at the domain apex, rather than requiring CNAME flattening hacks that can cause routing issues on CDNs which use GeoDNS in addition to or instead of anycast. If you've ever seen a platform recommend using a www subdomain instead of an apex domain, that's why, and it's part of why Akamai pushed for HTTPS records to be standardized since they use GeoDNS.