TCP vs HTTP: What's the Real Difference and When Should You Use Each? Alternatively: TCP vs HTTP: Whic

Opinion time: HTTP’s overrated for some stuff. Ever tried streaming or gaming over plain HTTP? Painful.

TCP’s the real MVP for real-time stuff. HTTP adds overhead. So yeah, tcp vs http depends on *what* you’re building. Web app? HTTP’s fine. Custom protocol? Dive into TCP.

`iperf` is great for testing raw TCP performance, btw.