ja.cob.land

Creative

interactive poetry

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74points
21comments
#756of 2,570 in 2022
Top 30%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

9 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.55.

Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun, clever and elegant concept

    From 5 comments
    • When I come to HN, this is what I'm always hoping to see. Lots are here for startup news, FAANG, etc. Nope, I just want to see really, really cool fun things. Great work.
      jesushax on HN
    • This is really cool! For posterity, below is the output when the command is run: ``` $ curl --head https://ja.cob.land/http2-204 HTTP/2 204 date: one of those frigid Saturdays in…
      ResNet on HN
    • This is lovely! A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, much interesting content on the web was only found in source, but this is another level of elegance.
      Agamus on HN
    • Love it! Very clever.
      zebraflask on HN
    • Agreed. It really takes me back to the old days of the Internet, with fun little easter eggs like this!
      only4here on HN
  • Brings back old-internet easter egg feel

    From 2 comments
    • Agreed. It really takes me back to the old days of the Internet, with fun little easter eggs like this!
      only4here on HN
    • This is lovely! A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, much interesting content on the web was only found in source, but this is another level of elegance.
      Agamus on HN

Objections

  • Calling it a poem is a stretch because the text is prose

    From 1 comment
  • Using headers this way misuses HTTP conventions

    From 1 comment
    • I was about to complain the misuse of headers and the bad choice of not using an X-* header... then I discovered RFC 6648 [0]. Wow. [0]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6648
      denysvitali on HN

Requests

  • Explain how the default headers were removed and the server configured

    From 2 comments
    • Normally one will get the default headers, plus any other added. In this case, the default headers are all gone. How did you do it?
      davidcollantes on HN
    • Right, but how did you do it? What I was asking for was more details. Now, ever since I wrote my comment, I had the time for a little research and: $/> curl --head…
      davidcollantes on HN

Questions

  • How were the default headers removed?

    From 2 comments
    • Normally one will get the default headers, plus any other added. In this case, the default headers are all gone. How did you do it?
      davidcollantes on HN
    • Right, but how did you do it? What I was asking for was more details. Now, ever since I wrote my comment, I had the time for a little research and: $/> curl --head…
      davidcollantes on HN

Alternatives named

  • A poem in an error-message page by readme-error-codes

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome! On a similar note, I added a unique poem to each of our error messages a while ago: https://readme-error-codes.herokuapp.com/
      gkoberger on HN
  • A poem in a docker image history by elek/herbstag

    From 1 comment
    • My older, but somewhat similar: > docker pull elek/herbstag && docker history elek/herbstag But it's just publishing an old (but good) poem, not as cool as writing a new one ;-)
      elek on HN

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