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by lkxijlewlf 1442 days ago
"Ugh... REST is too much work! We'll just change the meaning to suit us."
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> "Ugh... REST is too much work! We'll just change the meaning to suit us."

See also: Agile. DevOps.

It's pretty common once you look.

Why should people do hypermedia if it is too much work?

The Web (the prototypical REST application) had a lot of good ideas, not just hypermedia. It certainly makes sense to attribute those good ideas to REST.