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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot
The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb
HTTP 418: I'm a teapot
The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb
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If You Will Test Your Program In One Non EFIGS Locale Let It Be Turkish No Joke
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Turkish locale is the ULTIMATE nightmare fuel for your code and will expose every single case-sensitivity bug you've been ignoring. Why? Because Turkish has this absolutely DELIGHTFUL quirk where lowercase 'i' doesn't uppercase to 'I' - it becomes 'İ' (with a dot), and uppercase 'I' lowercases to 'ı' (without a dot). So when your code does case-insensitive string comparisons or conversions, it spectacularly combusts in ways that would make a dumpster fire jealous. Your innocent toUpperCase() calls? Broken. Your string matching? Destroyed. Your assumptions about the alphabet? Shattered into a million pieces. It's like Turkish locale has a UV light that makes all your hidden bugs glow in the dark, just like those sketchy hotel rooms. Chef's kiss for QA torture.
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