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Software Engineer / HATEOAS nerd / Toronto resident! | he/him

Fixing the javascript package ecosystem at vlt.sh.

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@sean yeah that seems wrong =)
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
@sean if come around to this behavior being superior than responding to the n+1 request with a failure, even though I originally had your point of view as well. It requires potentially more logic/state server-side but it's a better client experience I think
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
@sean Looks like this is not yet in the core HTTP spec, but here's a paragraph in the not-yet-standard idempotency-key RFC:

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpapi-idempotency-key-header-07.html#section-2.6

The central idea is that if you receive 2 identical idempotent request, it's […]
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January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
@sean there's circumstances where the second case is now codified correct too, in case of idempotent multiple requests.
January 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM
@mayintoronto Yathkyed Lake
December 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
it didn't 😢
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
@me seems neat but it makes me nervous without a comprehensive accessibility angle.
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@tomjennings trains beat traffic
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM