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andoando on July 9, 2025 | 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 on July 9, 2025 [–]

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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