ja.cob.land
Creative
interactive poetry
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
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
The thread, comment by comment
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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 HNThis 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 HNThis 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 HNLove it! Very clever.
zebraflask on HNAgreed. 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 HNThis 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
This is prose!
lxe on HN
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 HNRight, 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 HNRight, 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