# The Internet We Know is Built on Hacks

DevFeed: [The Internet We Know is Built on Hacks](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-internet-we-know-is-built-on-hacks-28803.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://una.im/internet-is-hacks/>)

Published: 2015-08-24T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Una Kravets](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/una-kravets.md>)

Topics: [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>)

Tags: [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [flexbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flexbox.md>), [hacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacks.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that the modern Internet evolved through practical workarounds and extensions of the original hyperlink-based web. It discusses HTML, linked assets, increasing page complexity, and HTTP2 as a response to proliferating links and requests.

## Source excerpt

From HTTP2, Flexbox, CSS Filters, and ES6, the Internet we know today is built on hacks. Lets explore some of those hacks and solutions.