> I think that is because you can get a lot done without them Reinventing the wheel is also a good way to fool yourself into assuming we're being clever and pr

> I think that is because you can get a lot done without them Reinventing the wheel is also a good way to fool yourself into assuming we're being clever and productive. I mean, it's as if everyone who preceded me in a field was incapable of looking into a problem I've managed to find a hacky solution in 5 minutes. Meanwhile let's not pretend that there are currently about half dozen standards and specifications for HATEOAS, all involving ugly hacks around response documents and funny media types, when all it takes to achieve the same goal is passing link relations through Link headers.