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Cool URIs don't change (1998)
There are no reasons at all in theory for people to change URIs (or stop maintaining documents), but millions of reasons in practice.
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- HN comments
- 346
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- 40 commenters
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2021 | Cool URIs don't change (1998) by Tomte | 309 | 140 |
| May 17, 2016 | Cool URIs don't change (1998) by benjaminjosephw | 297 | 122 |
| Jun 25, 2012 | Cool URIs don't change. by diwank | 187 | 84 |
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Linked from 41 Hacker News comments by 40 different people, from Mar 2011 to Aug 2026.
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