You Give REST a Bad Name
Why Hacker News recommends it
Shared as developer humor, with commenters insisting any Dylan Beattie mention must come with this song.
What it is
Dylan Beattie's parody of 'You Give Love a Bad Name' about hypermedia APIs and REST, performed with his band at developer conferences.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2020 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec thunderbong · 2021-01 · on “Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?”
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 - [this video] We're Gonna Build a Framework - [LINK] Enterprise Waterfall - [LINK]
Recommends scrollaway · 2023-01 · on “Tail Call Optimization: The Musical”
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) [this video]