# High-Performance Browser Networking by Ilya Grigorik

4 Hacker News commenters recommended High-Performance Browser Networking by Ilya Grigorik and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an accessible, canonical guide to how the web's networking works for anyone building for the web. The most common caveat is that it predates HTTP/3.

## Why people recommend it

- Accessible, canonical resource for web developers (2 comments): "an awesome and accessible resource everyone doing anything w the web should read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46117713)) "is an excellent (canonical?) resource" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945294))
- Highly recommended reading (1 comments): "which is highly recommended btw" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49164380))
- Interesting, well-linked explanation of networking (1 comments): "Hpbn is really interesting, thanks for linking it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46490416))

## What people warn about

- Does not cover HTTP/3 (2 comments): "I wish there was an update to this book, reading it a while back I think it covered some proposed HTTP/2 features but definitely not HTTP/3." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48103989)) "covered some proposed HTTP/2 features but definitely not HTTP/3" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48107751))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TCP/IP Illustrated by W. Richard Stevens](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tcp-ip-illustrated.md): 7 recommend
- [The Book of PF by Peter N. M. Hansteen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/book-of-pf-4th-edition.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1449344720?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781449344726) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "High-Performance Browser Networking by Ilya Grigorik", https://hackerapproved.com/p/high-performance-browser-networking/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).