The author is indeed suggesting writing RESTy APIs are fool's errands, where the operative word is "RESTy" (ie, misinterpreted REST, which is the most common RE

The author is indeed suggesting writing RESTy APIs are fool's errands, where the operative word is "RESTy" (ie, misinterpreted REST, which is the most common REST implementation, sadly) I mostly agree with that author's sentiment. I disagree with your interpretation that the author is suggesting scraping as a proper alternative to an actual REST (not RESTy) API. Barring that, I tend to think you, the author and myself have more agreements than disagreements on the subject at hand.