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Look, we’ve all been there. You’re building an API, debugging a weird client issue, and suddenly you hit a status code that makes you think, “Wait, what exactly does 422 mean again?” Or you’re trying to explain to a non-technical PM why the third-party service is returning 503s.
Truth is, creating these explanations is a balancing act. Sometimes we might oversimplify and miss nuances that matter in production systems. Other times we might get too deep into the HTTP spec weeds when all you needed was a quick reminder.
That’s why we need your input. Found a technical inaccuracy? Think our Jr. Developer explanation is still too jargon-heavy? Or maybe our Deep Dive missed an important edge case you’ve encountered in the wild? Drop a comment on the specific status code page.
Even just leaving a quick emoji reaction helps us know which explanations are hitting the mark and which need work. Every bit of feedback helps make this resource more useful for everyone – from the senior engineers to the front-end devs who just want to know why their fetch request is failing.
This is open source documentation in spirit, even if the bits aren’t on GitHub yet. So consider this a pull request review request from one developer to another.