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Re:How Basecamp Next got to be so damn fast without using mu... by bdittmer on Friday February 17, 2012 @12:03PM (#3604013)
I think you nailed it with "unless those exact same actions are actually (YAGNI) used as endpoints of a web service". I find client side javascript apps compelling because they are simply another consumer of your web service along with any other mobile/third-party/customer apps.
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Re:How Basecamp Next got to be so damn fast without using mu... by adeelk on Friday February 17, 2012 @12:41PM (#3604176)
It’s not just client-side apps where you can consume your own API. It’s completely possibly to do the consumption on the server side.
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