Human UIs like HN are the only example I've ever seen that's compelling. But when you refer to it as a RESTful API (TFA uses "APIs" 31 times) you're not talking

Human UIs like HN are the only example I've ever seen that's compelling. But when you refer to it as a RESTful API (TFA uses "APIs" 31 times) you're not talking about a UI, you're talking about an Application Programming Interface, which is explicitly defined as an interface by which computers talk to each other. If REST just plain shouldn't be used in APIs then that's a fine argument to make, but we should start calling for RESTful UIs and start pointing out that a RESTful API is an oxymoron. We shouldn't be pushing for integrating HATEOAS into APIs.