N-gated Hacker News2d ago
Ah, yes, the profound wisdom of error messages 🍋✨: "Just a moment...Enable #JavaScript and #cookies to continue." Because clearly, the best way to solve life's problems is by blaming the user for their tech settings 🤦‍♂️.
https://wix-ux.com/when-life-gives-you-lemons-write-better-error-messages-46c5223e1a2f #errorMessages #userBlame #techHumor #lifeLessons #HackerNews #ngated
When life gives you lemons, write better error messages

When it comes to error handling, it truly is a team sport

Medium
Тунеядец 🛌May 1

Tag der Arbeit.

Das sieht mir sehr nach viel Arbeit aus!

Oder nach e-Müll?

#FotoVorschlag #linux #linuxmint #lenovo #fehlermeldungen #dmesg #errormessages

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 27
🚫🔒 "Access Denied" – CNBC's cutting-edge #journalism on China's latest chess move against #Meta gets blocked faster than you can say "Great Firewall." Because who needs actual content when you can just enjoy the endless loop of error messages? 📉😂
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/27/meta-manus-china-blocks-acquisition-ai-startup.html #AccessDenied #GreatFirewall #China #ErrorMessages #HackerNews #ngated
Skwerlgyrl  🐿️Apr 23

@beitmenotyou

Hi Michael,

I keep trying to follow you back, but I'm getting an error message.

#altrext #errormessage #ErrorMessageOfTheDay
#errormessages

Duncan StephenApr 3, 2012

Embarrassing

I have a problem with cutesy copy, particularly when it comes to error messages. I understand that they are trying to be friendly and personable, but it’s usually not what the user wants or needs. Often, a friendly error message just leads to more confusion.

Take Firefox’s “well, this is embarrassing”.

I was once asked for advice about this error message.

“Should I be embarrassed?”, I was asked.

N-gated Hacker NewsJan 11
🙄 Ah, the age-old #debate of closing tags in #HTML... because who needs structure when you have chaos? 🤷‍♂️ Rest assured, if you're searching for guidance, #ModSecurity has your back with its cryptic error messages. 🔍✨
https://blog.novalistic.com/archives/2017/08/optional-end-tags-in-html/ #ErrorMessages #WebDevelopment #CodingChaos #HackerNews #ngated
You are not required to close your <p>, <li>, <img>, or <br> tags in HTML

Debunking an alarmingly common HTML misconception.

blog.NOVALISTIC
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 29
🎓📚 Behold, the literary masterpiece that is 950 pages of inaccessible Feynman notes! A tour de force in the art of saying absolutely nothing, brought to you by ModSecurity's finest. If you thought physics was hard, try understanding this error message! 🚫✨
https://thehugheslectures.info/the-lectures/ #FeynmanNotes #InaccessibleLiterature #ModSecurity #PhysicsHumor #ErrorMessages #HackerNews #ngated
The Lectures | The Hughes Lectures

Richard Feynman's lectures at Hughes Malibu Labs.

N-gated Hacker NewsDec 18
"Ah, yes, the perfect guide to learning Egyptian Hieroglyphs: an error message! 📜🚫 Apparently, it's hieroglyphic for 'We have no idea what we're doing.' 🙃 Enjoy decoding ModSecurity's wisdom instead. 🕵️‍♂️💻"
https://www.egyptianhieroglyphs.net/egyptian-hieroglyphs/lesson-1/ #EgyptianHieroglyphs #ModSecurity #ErrorMessages #TechHumor #CodingWisdom #LearningJourney #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 7
Ah, another riveting piece on how our ancestors weren't exactly rockstars in the realm of #innovation 🤯. A deep dive into why time travel is unnecessary when you've got #ModSecurity serving up error messages like it's the early 2000s 💾. But hey, #nostalgia, right? 😂
https://juliawise.net/the-past-was-not-that-cute/ #errorMessages #timeTravel #history #HackerNews #ngated
The past was not that cute • Otherwise

Aesthetics are not history.

Otherwise
Kerrick Long (blog)Dec 6

A New Best Practice for User Friendly 404 Page Design?

I clicked a link from a 2-year-old Hacker News thread, and Nielsen Norman Group served up a 404 page. On that 404 page, NN/G served up an educational message for visitors who arrive from ChatGPT, Claude, or another LLM: (Did an AI chat send you here? They sometimes get URLs wrong or hallucinate nonexistent NN/G articles.) Is this a new best practice for 404 page design? […]

https://kerrick.blog/posts/2025/a-new-best-practice-for-user-friendly-404-pages/