December 08, 2023

HATEOAS corpus

1 hour 44 minutes

Jerod is back with another “It Depends” episode! This time he’s joined by Kris Brandow from Go Time and they’re talking all things API design. What makes a good API? Is GraphQL a solid choice? Why do we do REST wrong? And WTF does HATEOAS mean, anyway?

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Featuring:

Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Kris Brandow – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

PHP: a fractal of bad design

PostGraphile Instant GraphQL API

HATEOAS

The Tech Behind the New Grooveshark

OpenAPI Spec

HTTP Specifications

Roy Fielding Dissertation on REST

Mike Amundsen

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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