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You Give REST a Bad Name

You Give REST a Bad Name

Dylan Beattie
2 HN recommenders · discussed 2020–2025
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About this video

Dylan Beattie's parody of 'You Give Love a Bad Name' about hypermedia APIs and REST, performed with his band at developer conferences.

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Shared as developer humor, with commenters insisting any Dylan Beattie mention must come with this song.

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From the Hacker News discussion

thunderbong · 2021-01 · strong rec

Man, those Dylan Beattie's videos are out of this world!! I laughed way too hard on a number of them - You give REST a bad name - [VIDEO] We're Gonna Build a Framework - [LINK] Enterprise Waterfall - [LINK]

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scrollaway · 2023-01 · rec

I want to highlight Dylan Beattie while we're posting our favorites. [LINK] His song DMCA is my little favourite, but "You Give REST a Bad Name" is also excellent. And he does perform at conferences! (Mostly .NET ones) [VIDEO]

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082349872349872 · 2020-09 · joke

Good point. In the spirit of [LINK] I propose we add "european programmer's day", celebrated on 5.12 (Dag Sinterklaasje)? Let's all meet here again. I'll bring a bottle or two of Pastis 512 (unfortunately adjusted with magic marker instead of a hex editor) and we can blast Dylan Beattie and the Linebreakers: [VIDEO]

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082349872349872 · 2024-08 · joke

Sometimes I wonder if my late-in-life recent appreciation for maths* be just a symptom of having failed to die {in a bizarre gardening accident, driving off Skyline Blvd} while my body could still handle following the childish dream of hex, bugs, and rock&roll. * [LINK] "Haskell? I was into those guys before they were cool. Miranda, man, that even had diagonal comprehensions... Have you heard of Hope? Kiff this, mec..." Lagniappe: [VIDEO]

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swyx · 2025-01 · joke

any dylan beattie post must be accompanied with a recommendation for his hit single, You Give REST a Bad Name [VIDEO]

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