I need an ELI5 for this I'm a stupid Gen Z
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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I need one too and I'm a stupid Gen Y
As a late millennial and a programmer, I've got you.
So when you request a web page, before anything else, the server gives you a 3 digit status code.
100s means you asked for metadata
200s mean it went ok
300s means you need to go somewhere else (like for login, or because we moved things around)
400s mean you messed up
500s mean I messed up
So this is in the 400s. Each specific code means something - you've probably seen 404, which means you asked for a page that isn't there. And maybe 405, which means you're not allowed to see this
418 means you asked for coffee, but I'm a teapot
I can't say enough how amazing your explanation was. Im not a programmer but I have worked on websites (self taught) and I never knew this. Thank you!
I’m actually going to that conference! What’s the title of your talk? I’ll be sure to attend it!
Excellent. I'm on Stage 4 on the Thursday afternoon: "Brewing Tea Over The Internet".
Should be fun times, see you there.
I loved sharing this with my senior who hadn't seen it before, and it gave our small team a Ggod chuckle one afternoon. Thanks for your creation.
With the absence of a crystal ball, but with excellent inner knowledge, what future standards could you see being implemented in the next 10 years for internet?
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What's the funniest legitimate non-joke standardization detail you've come across?
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What code should be used if we are expecting something to be a teapot? In this scenario it seems a 4XX is inappropriate because there is no error
If you're writing a TEA-compliant client, you'd send the BREW request and expect a 300 Multiple Options back, whereby the server will tell you which teabags are installed. You're correct that there'll be no error, unless all the bag stocks are out server-side.
That'd return 503 Service Unavailable, of course.
I've heard that the internet is a series of tubes.
Can you confirm?
I never understood the beef people had with that. The Internet is a series of tubes, of various widths and sizes, with inputs at random points in the stream.
Plumbing analogies are apt.
I don't have any questions but holy shit this is so cool.
Are you by any chance, British?
Did the predilection for tea give me away?
What a British thing to ask. Very apt sir, very apt.
Was RFC 7168 written with Captain Picard's tea Earl Gray, hot in mind? If not, are follow up modifications planned?
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We're there any early internet standards you were super bullish on at the time that didn't get picked up? In retrospect, if it had been adopted do you think it would have had the impact you were hoping for
That's a tough one: most standards are codified as such because they're already seeing wide use. The major example of one that's been worked the other way around is IPv6: it's been a standard for a very long time, and still doesn't seem to be seeing adoption.
Of course, I wouldn't say I was bullish on IPv6. 32 bits is enough for anyone, right.
I just found out about this on Brodie Robertson’s yt channel! I am not a teapot btw!!
Haha, same here! I was so proud I knew what the title was referring to before reading the post. Lol
Glad to hear it, you should walk around with a HTTP 418 hat so more people know you're not a teapot.
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I just found out about this on Brodie Robertson’s yt channel! I am not a teapot btw!!
I am interested in writing a real RFC, what kind of mailing list etc should I join in order to make my RFC real?