Server Quote by Leonard Richardson
““The term “statelessness” is getting at the fact that the server doesn’t care what state the client is in.””
About This Quote
Source Talk: Web Architecture Conference, 2018
Statelessness means the server ignores client state, focusing on request data only.
In simple terms: Servers don’t track client state.
Design systems that don’t rely on client memory.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- API development
- microservices
- cloud computing
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- When is stateful design necessary?
- How to handle session data?
Stateful needs can complicate scaling.