The comment we are replying to is asking about a situation where there is TLS. Also using clear text values in the URI itself does not mean there wouldn't be TLS.

What do you mean by any involved network infrastructure? The URI is encrypted by TLS, you would only see the host address/domain unless you had access to it after decryption on the server.

I really like debugging and unravelling old fucked up overcomplicated codebases. I feel like it's one of the most long term keeps-on-improving-over-decades skills in programming alongside architecture

I'm having trouble because a lot of my usual interests haven't really made it here yet, and I don't have the time to be responsible for starting any communities

I'm in the UK which ordinarily has quite a difficult driving test that takes a lot of training. But even here, when I was at uni my housemate managed to get a license from a 1 week course. On our first trip out I had to drive us home in his car because his girlfriend was too terrified to get in the car with him driving lol