College Prof: HATEOAS is how you should build on the web
Me in College: That’s lame and outdated. Frontend frameworks are the future.
Me now: He wasn’t wrong. He had it right all along.
I wasn’t able to see it then. It took writing complex frontend apps and managing tons of state on the client for me to realize that he was right. Always consider the point of view. Even if it seems dumb at first, upon reflection it might not be that dumb. The crowd isn’t always right.
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