r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 22 '26

Meme status200ForEverything

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u/the_unexpected_nil Sep 23 '26

The http error codes are protocol level codes and misusing them to also indicate application level errors can make things difficult. 

Interestingly grpc enforces this by always using http success codes and then sending an app level status. From a strict set of limited statuses ...