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I agonize about this every day, since a large part of my job is aggregating data from many sites that seem hell-bent on not letting anyone access it without goi
by jadell 7y ago
I agonize about this every day, since a large part of my job is aggregating data from many sites that seem hell-bent on not letting anyone access it without going one-form-at-a-time through their crap UI.
The thing is, we would gladly pay these companies for an API or even just a periodic data-dump of what we need. We've even offered to some of them to write and maintain the API for them. They're not interested, for various industry-specific reasons.
I often wonder how much developer time and money are wasted in total between them blocking and devs working around their blocks.
- lyxsus1 7y agoSometimes when I'm thinking about it and what 95% of developers are working on, it feels like a planet-wide charity project against unemployment.
- cameronbrown 7y agoI think it's a fairly well known thing that 'junk jobs' tend to spring up in response to supply. I think it's a bizzare cultural thing.
- driverdan 7y agoThe travel industry is highly protective of its data. It's my understanding that they consider it proprietary and only sell it to those who they deem worthy.