Because I can never remember which 3xx is which.

Using Nginx.

File index pages for Apache that actually look nice.

Middleware for clients, similar to what Rack does for servers.

Alternative to the poorly-performing Net::HTTP and the unfinished Curb.

Hints from Google on speeding up your web pages.

Ties up an HTTP server by setting up multiple partial connections and keeping them alive, preventing the server from responding to other traffic.

How HTTP/TLS/RSA etc. actually work in context. Really interesting.

Asynchronous HTTP request library using EventMachine.

‘FakeWeb is a helper for faking web requests in Ruby. It works at a global level, without modifying code or writing extensive stubs.’ Quick and easy way to prevent HTTP requests in tests.

Handy guide for implementers. Twitter’s API doesn’t seem to follow this, alas.

Simultaneous downloads from HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent. Good for Linux ISOs, I imagine.

Ruby module that makes it easy to construct HTTP requests. Unlike Net::HTTP, the POST body can be specified in Ruby 1.8.2.

HTTP activity and response code diagram

‘SimpleHttp aims to reduce the complexity of Net::Http while providing the most commonly used (by [the author]) http functionality.’

‘Nginx is an HTTP(S) server, HTTP(S) reverse proxy and IMAP/POP3 proxy server.’ The latest thing in Rails hosting?