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Re: What I'm Up to Now

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> [W]hen I am totally engrossed in solving a problem, I get into a flow and the time flies by. If the problem is both interesting and challenging, I can't wait to get back to working on it and I hate having to stop! I agree that it is possible to remain in a state of flow for "the standard industrial eight", but on occasions where I've remained in a state of flow for eight (or more) hours, the quality of the work suf…

> and the following day is a total loss (as in "me no think good, think meat broken") I've certainly experienced this also. I'm curious if there's a neurological explanation?

https://www.discovery.com/science/Body-Tired-When-Your-Brain...

Re: What I'm Up to Now

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post #43

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> explain why REST has failed so spectacularly in the JSON API world Could you elaborate on this?

Mobile apps have high network latency and need multiple request/responses packaged into fewer server calls.

I think this is the main thing that prevents HATEOAS to be implemented. I'm very interested in it, but many "web apps" now needs more polished interaction and network resilience. I'm not saying it can't be done with an HTML-render centric codebase, but it's still uncommon.
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