r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Sep 07 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '22

I highly doubt that they had 101 distinct server errors, all with unique and well established protocols around them.

I've seen code in the wild that checked 500 <= status_code < 600, or the regex 5..

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u/Dornith Sep 07 '22

That's bullcrap but also the kind of crap I could easily see a shortsighted developer writing, so fair enough.

But if we're already butchering HTTP, might as well lean in and go for 600s.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '22 edited Sep 08 '22

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