I once fixed a misspelling in a codebase without realizing that the name was coming from an external API's response so my correction broke everything. Misspellings that you can't fix are very frustrating.
He/Him/His
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I once fixed a misspelling in a codebase without realizing that the name was coming from an external API's response so my correction broke everything. Misspellings that you can't fix are very frustrating.
@yechielk At least that's just in one app and not the Referer header supported in every web browser and server in the world.
Come to think of it, I bet the
Refererheader has caused multiple spelling confusions leading to things like this.@halldjack Oh no! You must have thought you were fixing a bug instead of causing it. That's the worst!
Yes! Someone pointed out the referer header to me once, and I instantly felt better for the poor developer who created that
referallstable...