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You probably don't need GraphQL (mxstbr.com)

submitted 6 months ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

...by someone who didn’t really deeply understand the HTTP specification, or at least couldn’t really articulate why they needed a new tool that used less...

Thousand yard stare at SOAP

Yo dawg, I heard you like XML over HTTP so I put XML in HTTP in your XML over HTTP.

So many technologies doing crap that plain old HTTP already does:

name a resource: URL
discover verbs for a resource: OPTIONS
execute a verb: the actual request
define a response type: Headers

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

Thousand yard stare at SOAP

Yo dawg, I heard you like XML over HTTP so I put XML in HTTP in your XML over HTTP.

Made me spit my drink, laughing. Thank you. Very true.