Are RESTful APIs a meme?

it's going away

>>57927421
what would be a better alternative?, TCP sockets?

>>57927635
GraphQL

>>57927421
Is HTTP a meme?

>makes a POST

>>57927635
WS-*

Yes.

>>57927421
REST is a good concept but the problem is people who think being RESTful is the only property an API should have and then go on and create terrible nodejs-backed “RESTful” APIs and market them as some hip new thing on HN

>>57927927
also people who try applying it to anything other than databases of immutable documents

>>57927935
This one.
>I have this tool/concept, but I use it the fucking wrong way.

>>57927665
Explain your meme.

No, and if you don't see the value in them then you're a fucking idiot.

>>57929158
>comparing graphs with relational databases
What are use cases where it would be smarter to invest into graphs when in most cases a simple relational database with rest does the job.
>inb4 le new neet meme

>>57927421
just make your API whatever it needs to be
end of story

I'm always making resftul backends because it's clear.