The main reason why API got that popular is because it's now easy to do them. Rails and most other frameworks has built-in features for that. The other day, I

The main reason why API got that popular is because it's now easy to do them. Rails and most other frameworks has built-in features for that. The other day, I thought about writing a SQL dump for a project but nobody really did it there's not that much information. Do I "reformat" the database? Is there a breach in security if I provide dumps? Do I keep the current IDs or use new ones? On the other hand, this article is maybe the kick in the butt that makes me want to answer these questions.