stilkov

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by stilkov 7y ago
No, it’s not. That’s why we wrote “because of the limits of browser-native authentication (e.g. no logout, no styling), form-based authentication in conjunction with cookies can be used”. In practice, that’s the only option for public appli
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by stilkov 9y ago
I saw Gary do it live and in person. You can bet your ass it's live. I've never seen anybody else who is able to do that. It's truly mind blowing.
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by stilkov 12y ago
What an incredibly clueless post. I thought we’d left that level of misunderstanding behind us a few years ago. There is no such thing as a RESTful URL. Characters in URLs don’t matter. GET and POST have different semantics. Ignoring the be
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Webster: Webmachine-inspired HTTP for the JVM, written in Java 8(github.com)
3 points by stilkov 12y ago|0 comments
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by stilkov 13y ago
"The trope of 'software as a highly abstract, intellectually demanding, nearly mathematical activity' contributes to a myth of software development as a profession 'naturally' dominated by males: math is the subject
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by stilkov 13y ago
> 1. All media types are 'document centric.' What I meant is that this is a particular kind of backend API, a very "model-centric" one. Nothing wrong with that, I just don't think this is the one and only kind and thus should take on th
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by stilkov 13y ago
> You can think of the ID-based approach as just coming with a set of default URL templates in a top-level rel. Then I'd be perfectly happy. But why is the paragraph that mentions exactly this ("... The top-level of a JSON API document
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by stilkov 13y ago
> ? should never be part of a rest-like url Why would you say something like that? There's no basis for that at all. From a REST POV, URIs are just opaque identifiers, the characters they're made up from don't matter a bit.
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by stilkov 13y ago
First, I think it's awesome that you guys are documenting this for others to re-use, whether it ends up being the one true format or not. Having options to choose from is doubtlessly good. Some thoughts: 1. I'm not sure about the name. Ther
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by stilkov 14y ago
This is a pretty neat usage of a service that only makes sense because of the scaling ability of the underlying platform. I expect to see many more things of this kind.
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by stilkov 14y ago
First of all, make sure the client and you agree on what the long-term strategy is. Then get buy-in for a first step in this direction. If the system is as bad as you make it sound, the long-term goal has got to be a complete replacement of
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by stilkov 15y ago
Please no :-) I'm really through with manifestos of any kind.
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by stilkov 15y ago
Can't explain this, other than what do you expect from a country that's still using checks? FWIW, Germany is similar to your country in this regard - entirely impossible to pay with your credit card anywhere without at least a signature.
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by stilkov 16y ago
Would that be that majority that doesn't really care about uptime?
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by stilkov 16y ago
If one is unable to change the port from its default, one doesn't have any business in developing web apps in any technology. Just sayin'.