A developer debate erupts over POST/GET, the npm alternative Yarn 4.0 arrives, and Node.js releases version 21.

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A programmer expresses the opinion of using only the POST HTTP verb, while others share their views on the REST standard. Yarn version 4.0 releases with significant performance improvements and changes. Node.js 21 is now available with updates to the V8 JavaScript engine and stable WebStreams.

Dev News: A POST/GET Debate, Yarn 4.0, and Node.js Updates

Yeah, no. Where I work, the verbs do have meaning in the API. Ironically, we’re occasionally forced to use a POST when we want to send a body…

If you don’t want to create REST APIs because it’s complexity, that’s ok. But using only POST for everything doesn’t only breaks REST, it breaks HTTP too…
How HTTP messages should be exchanged between clients and servers are covered by the RFC : <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110</a>
HTTP verbs is HTTP, not REST.
And HTTP is not only forms.