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ahokatoday at 11:21 AM1 replyview on HN

So idempotency is easy if your service does not do anything useful?


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mrkeentoday at 12:20 PM

It's just the horrible misapplication of the term 'stateless' to a wrapper around something very-much stateful. It's here to stay.

(Though I do disagree with the original premise too. Putting on a 'stateless' boxing glove won't mean there's no difference between punching a guy once or twice)