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Re: HTTP Cats

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Post by 701mk »

aniforprez wrote: post #55

I still do this day mourn the old httpstatus.io or whatever it was domain that got acquired a few years back and became completely useless. This one endures and I love it. This one stays bookmarked but at least the MDN page on status codes now pops up as the first useful link when you search for "http status codes"

httpstatus.io is actually a good tool that I've been using for over 3 years now so I think it isn't that domain that got acquired?

Re: HTTP Cats

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Post by rogeriopvl »

http.cat author here.

A shout out to Tomomi Imura, because HTTP Status Cats was her idea and I just made the images available through an API.

It's crazy to think that since 2010 this still pops up on the HN front page from time to time. Thank you for that!

http.cat is a testament of how simple, fun and silly the internet was back then. I'll try to keep it online for as long as I can.

I love reading the stories you all share online about it, they fuel my motivation to keep it up and I'm always open to feedback and new ideas. So feel free to share them here or on the github repo.

Cheers!

Re: HTTP Cats

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Post by ashikns »

rogeriopvl wrote: post #63

http.cat author here. A shout out to Tomomi Imura, because HTTP Status Cats was her idea and I just made the images available through an API. It's crazy to think that since 2010 this still pops up on the HN front page from time to time. Thank you for that! http.cat is a testament of how simple, fun and silly the internet was back then. I'll try to keep it online for as long as I can. I love reading the stories you al…

I discovered it today and I'm in love! Thank you for maintaining a piece of simple joy for more than a decade <3

Re: HTTP Cats

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Post by bennett_dev »

roblh wrote: post #22

I unironically use this website everytime I forget a status code at work. The name is instantly memorable, it loads immediately, and I can ctrl-f it. It's basically muscle memory at this point.

Same - most of the time I just directly open the specific status (e.g https://http.cat/504 )

Re: HTTP Cats

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Post by [deleted] »

roblh wrote: post #22

I unironically use this website everytime I forget a status code at work. The name is instantly memorable, it loads immediately, and I can ctrl-f it. It's basically muscle memory at this point.

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Re: HTTP Cats

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Post by flexagoon »

silverwind wrote: post #65
roblh wrote: post #22

I unironically use this website everytime I forget a status code at work. The name is instantly memorable, it loads immediately, and I can ctrl-f it. It's basically muscle memory at this point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes is a bit more practical

Yes, but opening that and searching for "411" is much slower than just typing "http.cat/411" into the URL bar
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