I'm the author, and yes: it's a cry for help :) I have too many projects that never gets off the ground, and hopefully this will trigger (at least some) developers to answer questions, or even ask them through a pull request. Furthermore: I don't pretend to know all the answers concerning REST, so I'm hoping this will trigger more people to contribute (it's either that, or people get annoyed by unanswered questions and just move on).
