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Explore the development of "llhttp," a new HTTP 1.1 parser for Node.js, in this conference talk from JSConf EU 2019. Discover how the author created a tool to generate a faster and more maintainable parser using TypeScript code. Learn about the challenges faced with Node.js' previous parser, a derivative of nginx's parser, and understand the motivations behind developing llhttp. Gain insights into the basics of generating parsers and delve into the inner workings of llhttp. Understand how this new parser achieves twice the performance of its predecessor while improving maintainability and verifiability.
