My opinion is that REST is exposing the O/R impedance mismatch to the client, and we are only feeling this now as our client apps get really complicated, and i think the O/R imnpedance mismatch is caused by pervasive mutability, and i think the problem can be solved by making the database immutable (e.g. CQRS/ES, Datomic), and i think that will make the problems with REST go away too. (This is not quite what GraphQL is trying to do, GraphQL is progress but doesn't get to the crux of it) This is all research of course, and completely my opinion. Om Next is meant to be paired with Datomic so while his solution is to throw away everything that is even a little bit RESTy, i think that might be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. time will tell.