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		andoando 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most RESTful APIs aren't really RESTful REST is pretty much impossible to adhere to for any sufficiently complex API and we should just toss it in the garbage

jolt42 7 months ago [–]

100%. The needs of the client rule, and REST rarely meets the challenge. When I read the title, I was like "pfff", REST is crap to start with, why do I care?

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