
I Built a Website That Will Never, Ever Brew You Coffee
** What I Built ** A website that lets you try to brew coffee. You can't. It's a teapot. That's it. That's the project. The "Problem" It Solves None. Absolutely zero. Coffee drinkers worldwide remain unhelped. How It Works Every time you click "Brew Coffee", the app faithfully responds with HTTP 418 — "I'm a Teapot" — exactly as RFC 2324 intended. The teapot will also roast you personally for trying. No coffee was brewed in the making of this project. ** Why I Built This** Larry Masinter wrote RFC 2324 on April 1, 1998 as a joke. It defined the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP) and introduced HTTP status code 418: I'm a teapot — a server's right to refuse brewing coffee because it is, in fact, a teapot. 28 years later, I felt it deserved a proper tribute. Tech Stack HTML, CSS, JavaScript A teapot Misplaced determination What I Learned Never ask a teapot to brew coffee. It knows what it is.
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