--- title: Worth Reading: The Network Does Too Much « ipSpace.net blog description: Tom Hollingsworth's argument that networks are over-engineered is endorsed here: complexity should live at the end nodes, not be absorbed by the network layer.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-the-network-does-too-much-ipspace-net-blog-5weg4slau twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Worth Reading: The Network Does Too Much « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: Tom Hollingsworth's argument that networks are over-engineered is endorsed here: complexity should live at the end nodes, not be absorbed by the network layer.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-the-network-does-too-much-ipspace-net-blog-5weg4slau og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5Weg4SLAU.png og:image:alt: Worth Reading: The Network Does Too Much « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Worth Reading: The Network Does Too Much « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tom Hollingsworth's argument that networks are over-engineered is endorsed here: complexity should live at the end nodes, not be absorbed by the network layer. The network's job is reliable packet transport, not compensating for poor design decisions pushed down the stack. Networking vendors resist this view because simplicity threatens their product complexity narratives. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The world in which IPv6 was a good design](https://daily.dev/posts/the-world-in-which-ipv6-was-a-good-design-tj3i8ov0s) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-the-network-does-too-much-ipspace-net-blog-5weg4slau) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Worth Reading: The Network Does Too Much « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-the-network-does-too-much-ipspace-net-blog-5weg4slau","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-the-network-does-too-much-ipspace-net-blog-5weg4slau"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:54:06.287Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:24:29.936Z","description":"Tom Hollingsworth's argument that networks are over-engineered is endorsed here: complexity should live at the end nodes, not be absorbed by the network layer....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ipSpace.net Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ipSpace.net Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xS7E82MT--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438303/logos/ipspace?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-the-network-does-too-much-ipspace-net-blog-5weg4slau","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ipSpace.net Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Worth Reading: The Network Does Too Much « ipSpace.net blog"}]} ```