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418 I’m a teapot

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Re: 418 I’m a teapot

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post #6

Please, never ever again add such features to standards as a joke. Some backend folks have started to return it as an indetermiante error code, which in turn means that all client-side libraries will have to handle it at some level.

Disagree. We gotta have fun.

Re: 418 I’m a teapot

#13
post #6

Please, never ever again add such features to standards as a joke. Some backend folks have started to return it as an indetermiante error code, which in turn means that all client-side libraries will have to handle it at some level.

Clients have always had to handle unknown return code according to the first digit, and by and large they do this succesfully, with the exception of 1xx codes which are widely buggy.

Re: 418 I’m a teapot

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post #11
post #6

Please, never ever again add such features to standards as a joke. Some backend folks have started to return it as an indetermiante error code, which in turn means that all client-side libraries will have to handle it at some level.

Disagree. We gotta have fun.

I counter-disagree. It is so easy in life to have fun. There's so much fun everywhere. If you're so starved for fun then this won't do it for you either. The higher the scale the more likely your easter egg becomes not an easter egg.

I also think the supermajority of engineers prefer fun entirely outside of work, hence why open source can feel so lonely and without corporate funding would probably shrink to a pathetic size. Hence why personal websites are so culturally irrelevant. Or why there's such a lack of artistic experimentation in apps or web. Or why there's so few non-corporate meetups nowadays in CA or NY.

Re: 418 I’m a teapot

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post #6

Please, never ever again add such features to standards as a joke. Some backend folks have started to return it as an indetermiante error code, which in turn means that all client-side libraries will have to handle it at some level.

So, you're saying you expect libraries that don't have a generic 4xx "Oops, my bad, dev please handle it" error case to be bothered by the existence of 418 in any way, shape or form? I think you're barking up the wrong tree.

Re: 418 I’m a teapot

#17
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disagree. We gotta have fun.

I counter-disagree. It is so easy in life to have fun. There's so much fun everywhere. If you're so starved for fun then this won't do it for you either. The higher the scale the more likely your easter egg becomes not an easter egg. I also think the supermajority of engineers prefer fun entirely outside of work, hence why open source can feel so lonely and without corporate funding would probably shrink to a patheti…

Counter-counter-disagree. This is the ultimate way to make sure the joke is preserved for the future generations while keeping implications absolutely miniscule.
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