I agree that APIs can be overkill, it really depends on the application you're building and if you want to make it accessible across multiple clients or not. B

I agree that APIs can be overkill, it really depends on the application you're building and if you want to make it accessible across multiple clients or not. But still when I see how locked down applications are today and all the bloat in clients, I wish more services would provide an API to allow people to build their own clients.