it only shaved a second off the response time so i reverted it
It is not often that a full one second improvement to the response time of an HTTP request so insignificant that it is not worth committing.
When designing hypertext formats is it better to provide links for every available action or to provided links to related resources and let the client use the protocol interface to achieve particular actions on those related resources?
I have leaned in both directions at various times. I have never fully convinced myself either.
To make the issues [...]
Apparently, policical and religious ideologies control the Texas text book approval process.
Even if you don’t live in Texas this matters to you because, as the article explains, Texas has a disproportionate influence on text books in the US.
H/T Martin over at The Atheist Experience
Mr Amundsen’s recent post regarding the design of “semantic machine media types” got me thinking about media type design. One of the commonly encouraged practices, particularly on the REST discuss group, is the use of link elements.
I really dislike this idea. It sets my teeth on edge because it treats links – which are possibly [...]
Eating and watching television at the same time is seldom done at my house. It must be fun, though, because Audrey lets her stuffed animals do it.
It seems that more and more are beginning to grasp the hypermedia constraint of REST. This is an unmitigated Good Thing. However, once you get hypermedia the idea of a client persisting links that it has found starts to seem a little odd. For example, Kirk Wylie describes clients that store links as “not well [...]
Elliot is six today!
It has been a big year. Probably the biggest thing is kindergarten which he loves. He is getting to be a big kid but he definitely still has his little kid moments.
The idea of creating a functioning application by loosely connecting many small pieces has been around for a long time. Certainly since early in the development of Unix, and probably even before. It has survived because it is such a powerful approach.
This idea is at the very core of the architecture of the web. However, [...]
Audrey is 4 today. It has been great year. She has grown so much since her last birthday. (But she still likes chocolate cake.)
Elliot started kindergarten last week. So far things are going pretty well. He likes learning new things and he seems smitten with his teacher. One day last week was “his favorite day of kindergarten” because they “did math”. I am pretty sure Elliot, and the other kids, are going to have a good year.
The parents [...]
