I agree, as REST isn't a silver bullet. I do, however, also agree with TFA that you should investigate it as a "code smell", but that should be done before you

I agree, as REST isn't a silver bullet. I do, however, also agree with TFA that you should investigate it as a "code smell", but that should be done before you actually implement it. "Do I need to actually break from the REST pattern, or is this evidence of bad modeling?"