You Give REST a Bad Name

Dylan Beattie · 505.4K views · 2017-10-28 · 3:42

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Overview

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.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2020–2025

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Software (other)Software architecture & design Satire & parody

What people said

thunderbong · 2021-01 · Strong recommendation
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 · Recommendation
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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swyx · 2025-01 · Joke / meme
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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