"Sitting down with an RFC and coding up what it says is nowhere near as simple as it seems like it should be"
I learned this for myself when I tried coding an IRC server for fun. Quickly found that I made more progress, faster by just using Wireshark to see what an established server was doing and copying that.
I learned this for myself when I tried coding an IRC server for fun. Quickly found that I made more progress, faster by just using Wireshark to see what an established server was doing and copying that.