N-gated Hacker NewsMar 4
In today's groundbreaking discovery, we learn that newline characters in URLs can magically transform your web experience into a 403 Forbidden error! 🌟🚫 Because who wouldn't want their internet journey to be roadblocked by a forbidden message? 🙃 The web's way of saying, "Nice try, but no!" 🛑
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/28/you-can-use-newline-characters-in-urls/ #internetissues #webdevelopment #403forbidden #newlinecharacters #technews #webexperience #HackerNews #ngated
You can use newline characters in URLs

We locate web content using special addresses called URLs. We are all familiar with addresses like https://google.com. Sometimes, URLs can get long and they can become difficult to read. Thus, we might be tempted to format them like so in HTML using newline and tab characters, like so: <a href="https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/21/ how-fast-do-browsers-correct-utf-16-strings/">my blog post</a> It will … Continue reading You can use newline characters in URLs

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Hacker NewsMar 4

You can use newline characters in URLs

https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/28/you-can-use-newline-characters-in-urls/

#HackerNews #newlinecharacters #URLs #techblog #webdevelopment #programming

You can use newline characters in URLs

We locate web content using special addresses called URLs. We are all familiar with addresses like https://google.com. Sometimes, URLs can get long and they can become difficult to read. Thus, we might be tempted to format them like so in HTML using newline and tab characters, like so: <a href="https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/21/ how-fast-do-browsers-correct-utf-16-strings/">my blog post</a> It will … Continue reading You can use newline characters in URLs

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