No, no, no. You’re still not doing REST right!

REST's core principle of Representational State Transfer is often misunderstood and overlooked in modern API discussions. Unlike traditional object-oriented approaches where clients send commands to manipulate server state, REST involves the server sending state representations to clients, who then modify them locally and send updated representations back. This declarative approach contrasts with the imperative style seen in most APIs today, even those claiming to follow REST principles with hypertext-driven designs.