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How I Explained REST to My Wife (2004)

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Re: How I Explained REST to My Wife (2004)

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It's a great blog post, but it has been posted numerous times on HN. I don't want to rant or anything, but I think we should start searching before posting. Please correct me, if I am wrong. cheers http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=763570 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396910 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5186774

well, sorry. It was shocking good and never seen b4 for me. But, it's so good that I would like to read it again in a year or so :)

... what?

Re: How I Explained REST to My Wife (2004)

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So Ryan Tomayko's conversions with his wife are akin in tone and style to a language textbook aimed at tweens?

I had that thought, too.

I don't think that exact conversation actually took place. My girlfriend would give me hell if I talked to her like that, I'm pretty certain.

As for the explanation, I like it. It puts into words what I had been intuitively thinking about the benefits of a RESTful API.

Re: How I Explained REST to My Wife (2004)

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post #2

It's a great blog post, but it has been posted numerous times on HN. I don't want to rant or anything, but I think we should start searching before posting. Please correct me, if I am wrong. cheers http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=763570 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396910 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5186774

Interesting, all of these have identical links. Usually Hacker News doesn't let you post the same link more than once.

> Usually Hacker News doesn't let you post the same link more than once.

I believe that's wrong. From what I've seen, I think that that time is also a factor. After some amount of time, you can repost things with exactly the same link and title. And I believe that it's deliberate (the posts are likely to be new to many people since the population turns over to some degree after x amount of time).

Re: How I Explained REST to My Wife (2004)

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post #2

It's a great blog post, but it has been posted numerous times on HN. I don't want to rant or anything, but I think we should start searching before posting. Please correct me, if I am wrong. cheers http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=763570 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396910 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5186774

Is the duplicate posting issue relevant if the post is receiving up votes?

Re: How I Explained REST to My Wife (2004)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting, all of these have identical links. Usually Hacker News doesn't let you post the same link more than once.

> Usually Hacker News doesn't let you post the same link more than once. I believe that's wrong. From what I've seen, I think that that time is also a factor. After some amount of time, you can repost things with exactly the same link and title. And I believe that it's deliberate (the posts are likely to be new to many people since the population turns over to some degree after x amount of time).

Is this true? It sounds like an opportunity for karma bots to re-post popular posts from the past.
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