Link: https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet

The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about the protocols, federations, and quiet machinery underneath everything you actually use.

"Veneer"

That, Verily, is the second time I View such Verbiage. Though the Verbose extent I remain to Verify, I hope it is of Voluble read, and not the Volume of prose to be of Vain poetic Value.

(Sorry, couldn't hold it; but will be reading it when I get the time)

Took a peek at the article, and it is bothering me as I'm a fast reader, or at least faster than the article draws text to seem more impactful.

So to those that also read faster, a tip, quickly scroll all the way to the bottom and then back up to load most of the text.

It is a special way to render an article indeed. I tend to lose focus in longer texts so this format was perfect, reading it paragraph per paragraph.

You almost had me until you started trying to sell me something.

I don't like the neologistic use of "federated" while describing old protocols with server-to-server communication.