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    You Give REST a Bad Name

    Dylan Beattie

    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 5 months, 2020–2025

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    3:42 · 505K views · Oct 28, 2017

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

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

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    5 comments from Hacker News

    1. @thunderbongJan 2021· in “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]

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    2. @scrollawayJan 2023· in “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

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @082349872349872Aug 2024· in “Why does everyone hate Haskell, jazz, and pure math?”

      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: this video

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    4. @082349872349872Sep 2020· in “Tell HN: Happy Programmers' Day to all devs in HN”

      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: this video

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    5. @swyxJan 2025· in “Guitar chord karaoke with Vamp, Chordino, and FFmpeg (2022)”

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

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