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Re: HTTP Cats

#81

Post by grelek » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

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…

Anytime I need to check an HTTP status code I go to http.cat. I get the answer to my question and a cat picture as a bonus.

Re: HTTP Cats

#82

Post by thomascgalvin » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC

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…

This is what the internet was supposed to be

Re: HTTP Cats

#83

Post by geostyx » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC

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've used http.cat for years to double check what an http code is for. Thank you both for making it!

Re: HTTP Cats

#84

Post by tomwphillips » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC

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…

Thank you, and please keep it online. Apparently I am incapable of remembering HTTP status codes and I always go straight to http.cat!

Re: HTTP Cats

#85

Post by roninapps » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC

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Re: HTTP Cats

#86

Post by renegat0x0 » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 7:15 PM UTC

- https://httpgoats.com/

- https://httpcats.com/

- https://http.garden/

- https://httpducks.com/

- https://http.fish/

- https://http.pizza/

- https://httpstatusdogs.com/

I maintain a list of domains, so it was quite easy to find them

- https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database

Re: HTTP Cats

#87

Post by mshroyer » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC

shmeeed wrote: post #76

mshroyer wrote: post #47

Illustrating "451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons" with Ray Bradbury made me laugh

Thank you for explaining the reference!

I didn't realize, until recognizing Bradbury in that image yesterday, that HTTP status 451 is an explicit reference to "Fahrenheit 451", but apparently it is: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7725

In the acknowledgments section,

> Thanks also to Ray Bradbury.

Re: HTTP Cats

#88

Post by embedding-shape » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC

paufernandez wrote: post #32

potatosalad99 wrote: post #2

I love how there is a Catalan version too! I guess it’s probably a requirement for getting the .cat domain.

The funny thing is that upon registration of a .cat domain you are required to acknowledge that your website is not related to cats at all. So those domains are, in theory, not in compliance.

They don't ask you to "acknowledge that your website is not related to cats at all", they're asking you to confirm that the website "serve(s) the needs of the Catalan Linguistic and Cultural Community on the Internet" by entering what the intended use is. Signed, owner of emsh.cat.

One could say by having the websites become popular and viral, and offering versions of the their websites in Catalan, they are spreading Catalan culture to more parts of the internet. We're having a discussiong about it right now, others are reading, pretty big impact from just the TLD choice :)

Re: HTTP Cats

#89

Post by swordsith » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC

love this lol so many images I've never seen before but definitely should be peak internet culture.

Re: HTTP Cats

#90

Post by pandler » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC

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…

Thanks for keeping that service up and running! I think it’s been about 10 years since I found it and it’s been my go-to reference ever since. I’ll often get laughs from people when I share it as reference.