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by jmakeig 4362 days ago
REST, as Fielding described it, is good for decoupled systems that can (and need to) evolve independently, like web browsers consuming HTML and JavaScript.

If you can relax the decoupling or independent evolution constraints, RPC over HTTP is usually easier to understand and implement. This is where most HTTP APIs fall. (…and that’s OK)