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HTTP Cats (http.cat)

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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Why would 418 ever be used?

Also 425, mood.

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago

As per RFC, when an internet-connected teapot is asked to brew coffee.

[-] Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 22 points 2 days ago

418 comes from an April fools' joke published as RFC7168.

I've used it for debugging before because it stands out and is generally suported.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

I once returned it in a home assignment in case true == false and added a comment that it's cosmic radiation induced bit flip detection.

I got the job.

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

418: catchall API response when all else fails. Easy to filter in logs.

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