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		bigDinosaur on July 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How did REST come to mean the opposite of REST? This is absolutely counter to everything HTTP is supposed to be used for. I'm not quite sure how to even respond.

vrnvu on July 19, 2022 [–]

It's a common discussion with HTTP Status Codes. Application vs Transport layer. HTTP status are a mix of both and it can be misleading.

A couple of weeks ago there was an interesting post about this topic here in HN.

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