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thedufer
In case the original author shows up here: on first glance, the index page looks like an error page. Perhaps a little formatting or color so I don't assume the server is down and hit back immediately?
rogeriopvl
Thanks for the feedback. This was something I did quickly for some friends, so I didn't add any style to it. Never thought that it would get popular.
timinman
So great! And then you plussed it with an Easter Egg (418)!
greenyoda
That's not an Easter egg; it's a legitimate status code from RFC 2324 (April 1, 1998):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_418

nickloewen
That doesn't make it not an easter egg, though. Most 'easter eggs' function perfectly for what they are, they're just also amusing and not entirely necessary.
pitiburi
You, sir, have just found the perfect nickname for my girlfriend.
xentronium
Cats. Seriously?
CWIZO
I'm wondering what's so special here too. And don't get me wrong I love cats. In fact I literally just brought home two little kittens :)
nostromo
+1 for my favorite code:

http://httpcats.herokuapp.com/418

418: I'm a TeaPot

andrewreds
isn't 418 from the HTCPCP specification, rather then HTTP?
jrockway
The Flickr discussion made the same point. The conclusion was that pictures of cats are meant to be amusing rather than literal expressions of a single IETF standard.
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198d
So, there's definitely been a few discussion recently about the quality of Hacker News articles and their relevancy to the community. Is this post an indication that LOLCats are of high priority for discussion?
oinksoft
I don't see an issue with web developer-oriented levity. I believe this should be a protected class of LOLCats.
patrickyeon
There's always a discussion about quality and relevancy. What I find most interesting here is that 'cute animal pictures' are specifically called out as off-topic in the guidelines, and cat pictures hold such a strong connotation of lack of content to me.

And then, 130 points puts it at 5th or 6th rank of the front page, sorted just by points (at the time of this post).

</snob>

jrockway
It's a honeypot article. Upvote it and your upvotes count less. Flag it, and your flags count more.
bkrausz
None of these actually issue the HTTP status code claimed: they're just linked to pages with images.

  Request URL:http://httpcats.herokuapp.com/404
  Request Method:GET
  Status Code:200 OK
rogeriopvl
That's the point. And it's not linked to "pages with images". It actually just returns the image as Content-Type header field reveals :)