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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

why does html use those numbers?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's useful to code and humans to know exactly why something failed.

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why those specific numbers tho

lol never mind I could just google it

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Just convention I think. 200s are successes, 300s are redirects, 400s are network errors, 500s are application errors