> Maybe these things were easier than how I was doing it in REST? That might be the case. Those things (such as returning children - and generally crafting a c

> Maybe these things were easier than how I was doing it in REST? That might be the case. Those things (such as returning children - and generally crafting a custom endpoint for specific use-case) are indeed very easy in my language/framework of choice (ASP.NET with a little help from LINQ). I also get automatic generation of client-side data classes and strongly typed functions that encapsulate endpoints on the server using a small code generation framework that literally took 2-3 days to write (it's really not that complex).