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What complex projects have you worked on at the transport level?
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At the transport layer in Go projects, it is common to work with protocols like TCP, UDP, as well as lower-level protocols, for example, implementing custom protocols on top of TCP or UDP for specific tasks.
Complex projects may include:
- Developing high-load network servers handling thousands of connections simultaneously.
- Implementing protocols with delivery guarantees, message ordering, and connection recovery.
- Creating proxy servers, load balancers, and VPN services.
- Optimizing performance and minimizing latency during data transmission.
For example, in a project to create a custom message exchange protocol over UDP, it was necessary to implement mechanisms for acknowledgment, retransmission, and packet ordering, which requires a deep understanding of the transport layer and network interaction features.