Subnostr

It’s not actually #REST, it’s the API that’s part of the problem. With an API model you have to depend on an endpoint with stuff happening behind the API that you can’t access. With the event model, it’s all out on relays.

Melvin Carvalho 1y ago

OK, but REST APIs can also give you events, then you're not centrally tied to the domain.

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Tim Bouma 1y ago

I guess for #nostr it’s an signed-event-first model. That’s the innovation IMHO

Melvin Carvalho 1y ago

Yes, that's the part that scales.

Tim Bouma 1y ago

Thanks. It’s these types of exchanges that really clarify my thinking. I am really trying to zero in on WTF should I care about #nostr in the face of all those ‘yeah, but the old way is fine.’

Melvin Carvalho 1y ago

Worth a read:

https://ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm

Tim Bouma 1y ago

Thx!

Tim Bouma 1y ago

Stateless pairs well with Eventful