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Re:Httpstat.us: API for generating different HTTP codes. by mlmilleratmit on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @12:58PM (#2227414)
While we're honored to see that Cloudant plays a roll in the their app, I imagine the real answer to your question is the phrase "Experiment" at the bottom of the page. I imagine this is about learning/testing, not the most optimized way to skin the cat.
Re:Httpstat.us: API for generating different HTTP codes. by tatham on Monday February 21, 2011 @11:37PM (#2248761)
You're correct - it was all one big experiment so we threw way more technologies at it than we had to.

http://isitbeerti.me was another experiment of ours on the .NET platform