[programnature]

tl;dr: lol.

The author is claiming Relay is a scheme to kill the open web. A simpler theory is just that Relay solves a problem Facebook (and many other people it seems) are having. The idea that REST has shortcomings for Facebook's use case is an unthinkable thought for the author.

No argument is given for why we should consider REST to be a foundation of the open web. REST != HTTP.

The post is full of logic-defying assertions like "Facebook wants to replace REST with Relay for the same reason they want to replace DOM engines with React Native."