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> Why is REST so popular?

You think this guy is a hateful hipster, but most of what he says probably resonates with most software vets. To me, it's mostly against the REST zealots who demand REST is done in a very particular manner. I've seen companies with a very stable, robust RPC framework that had a small faction of REST zealots who were extremely against it because it didn't do things according to REST. It didn't matter to them how stable it was or how well it worked.

Also, REST is relatively not popular - what percentage of the world's APIs use REST do you think?

TBH, you're the one coming off like the hateful hipster to me.