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Some People Understand REST and HTTP
Creating a generic standard is A LOT more work than creating an API for a specific application. Orders of magnitude more work.
icebraining
on Aug 7, 2011
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Just to be clear: I'm not criticizing Github for using a custom format. It's obviously the what makes more sense for their business.
But in terms of a REST API, the proper solution would be to use a standard format.
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