i've been building web-based software since 1998, when I had to manually parse http requests on stdin (and read headers from env variables) in a C application running as a cgi-bin plugin, remembering to end the stream with two \n characters. i (a) know what i am doing and (b) am super-glad i don't have to parse a lot of jank to get to the interesting parts of the code.

every approach has weaknesses. I'm pretty sure there's tradeoffs everywhere: ergonomics vs speed, security vs inclusivity, etc. I'm also pretty sure it's uncool to make implications about my mental health in public.