Streaming HTTP Requests (Substack's hyperquest)

Hyperquest is a lightweight, streaming HTTP client for Node.js, last updated to version 2.1.3 approximately eight years ago. It was created by Substack to address fundamental shortcomings in Node.js's native `http` module prior to version 0.12, specifically concerning default idle timeouts (2 minutes) and a restrictive connection pool limit (5 requests). These defaults often led to applications hanging or experiencing unexpected behavior when making multiple concurrent HTTP requests. Hyperquest bypassed these internal Node.js annoyances by treating HTTP requests purely as streaming transports, removing pooling and extending default timeouts significantly. While it offered a streamlined, 'request'-like API, it was designed for raw streaming without buffering or automatic JSON parsing. Given that its core purpose was to mitigate issues resolved in much older Node.js versions (specifically, Node.js 0.12 and later fixed many of these `http` module defaults), the package is now considered abandoned and not suitable for modern Node.js development.