@serapath @arcanicanis @Hyolobrika @Snoro @chewie Those posts were not written by big tech standards bodies. They explain some minor technical details, so yes, that might look complicated, but an average developer don't need to think about that, like he doesn't need to think about how HTTP and TLS work.
By the way, the up-to-date high-level spec is here: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/ef61/fep-ef61.md