Ran into a problem in prod?
Just generate a fake cloudflare error page and blame it on them - gives you time to fix.

https://github.com/donlon/cloudflare-error-page

#foss #devops #cloudflare #infosec

I might be seasonally visually impaired, but please tell me:
Am I the only one who sees Rudolph's nose in the Cloudflare Error sign?

#cloudflare #rudolphtherednosereindeer #holidayseason

@FlohEinstein never too late. I remember printing stickers at a nearby print show during Congress that one time.
@rysiek that would be the case, but I already spent my allowance for these stickers https://chaos.social/@FlohEinstein/115717152971458422

IDK what exactly the context is (besides arguing with people about date formats), but I loooove the "ISO 8601 Ultras" stickers.


@d2718 glad you like em! don't know which continent you live on, for Europe I could send you some if you like, I'd just charge you the postage (3 € for probably about 20 stickers). Or you can print some yourself, on https://vectors.kohler.is are the vector files.
Vectors Gallery

That is a kind offer, but I live in the US, which I'm sure would involve exorbitant shipping, probably tariffs, and possibly put me on a list. I will print some myself!

But honestly I was kind of interested in the context, if there is some.


@d2718 well I came up with it after this https://chaos.social/@FlohEinstein/115592221732402728 - I had tooted something with the hashtag ISO8601, and got suggested iso8601ultras. The extreme fans of sports teams are sometimes named Ultras. And there is already a running gag "Arte Ultras", which suggests that there is an extreme fan group of the French-German culture/documentary TV channel arte (img also on my page). So, I created stickers to unite everyone who thinks ISO8601 is the best way to express date/time data
FlohEinstein (DECT: 3564) (@[email protected])

@alech Hab vorhin was mit #ISO8601 getaggt, da wurde mir #iso8601ultras vorgeschlagen... Oh Mann, war das Hashtag nötig? Ich wollte mal für ein paar Tage keine neuen Sticker-Ideen in meinem Kopf ausbrüten... OK, erst mal Frühstücken, dann Inkscape öffnen

chaos.social
This is perfect! Thanks.

@FlohEinstein hmm, it's the 17th of Dec, Congress starts 27th

I wonder if I can make a sticker of that for congress in time

@ity If you do and bring them along, I'll pay you in {caffeinated beverage of your choice} for a stack of 200.
@FlohEinstein Ho-ho-host is down! 🎅

@FlohEinstein

It's a screenshot, and screenshots don't lie, so of course I see it, too.

@FlohEinstein Now I also see a clown
@ahmetkkeles Oooh, what a great inspiration. I wonder if #clownflare is already a thing 😂
@FlohEinstein I've been having intermittent problems too last two weeks

@FlohEinstein @eruonna I absolutely don't see that.

Instead, I see a clown's nose, which is admittedly close, visually, but more embodies how many people feel about Cloudflare.

@FlohEinstein i might use this on the helpdesk before and after xmas 😂

@FlohEinstein

Magnificent.

Entirely evil, but magnificent.

@FlohEinstein The new "under construction" page.
@FlohEinstein that is truly inspired evil.
LOL! No! Everybody is seeing that!
@FlohEinstein thank you! This is a great resource to create slides for tabletop exercises
@FlohEinstein ...It's the Microsoft approach -- blame it on somebody else. LOL

@FlohEinstein the problem is I feel most issues aren't (easily) detectable like this and are generally just like a service went down or smth

ig you could always just use nginx to return a cloudflare error page if the response isn't a success

@FlohEinstein
This is evil and I'm going to use it during our next internal service migration just to scare some people shitless. 🤣

@FlohEinstein
- but...but we're not on Cloudflare!

- Uh nobody will notice

@FlohEinstein Muhahahah, that's evil, but I love it xD
@FlohEinstein I love this plan.
@rmd1023 oh, a teapot 😁 my default error now sends a 418 error like this https://links.kohler.is/ijustwanttoseetheerrorpage
@FlohEinstein i've created perfect 404 page using this tool
@FlohEinstein I hate that I love this idea so much
@FlohEinstein Lol how CF hasn't sent a DMCA takedown yet!
500: Internal server error

Cloudflare error page

moe::virt
@FlohEinstein is this legal? Asking for a friend
@FlohEinstein well that's my email auto reply to all emails sorted
@FlohEinstein funny thing tho... I created an error page, pasted it into a chat, then I wanted to use ChatGPT - and Cloudflare was really down. 🤦‍♂️
@thor Reality imitates Art, how ironic 😁
@FlohEinstein cloudflare/aws outage is the new "compiling not done so we're swordfighting" per XKCD
@FlohEinstein "Fake virus attack. How do you think I made it 20 years in IT?" https://youtu.be/v0mwT3DkG4w?si=N8AL-9Zz3RP1NIIh
The Website is Down Episode #4: Sales Demolition (NSFW)

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