What did he even think the purpose of APIs were. Data scraping puts unnecessary load on servers only to scrape out majority of the content. It’s funny how he shoots himself in the leg and now complain.
I don’t know about twitter but it is common for the API to also be powering the front end regular user’s interact with. No matter what it’s stupid to rate limit this heavily.
What did he even think the purpose of APIs were. Data scraping puts unnecessary load on servers only to scrape out majority of the content. It’s funny how he shoots himself in the leg and now complain.
Can’t wait for Reddit to relearn this lesson too.
I don’t know about twitter but it is common for the API to also be powering the front end regular user’s interact with. No matter what it’s stupid to rate limit this heavily.
True. REST APIs are a godsend to create structures and effectively communicate data. Shame its on the hands of these whimsical cry-baby CEOs
He’s the cause of his own implosion. It’s kind of wonderful to see.