Lambros Hatzinikolaou • 1/16/2026

Understanding RESTful Statelessness: The Basics You Should Know

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This article provides a foundational explanation of statelessness in RESTful APIs. It uses a customer service desk analogy to contrast stateful and stateless systems, includes simple code examples, and details how statelessness enables easier scaling, load balancing, and improved reliability by eliminating server-side session management.

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