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Agree, the author doesn't paint the picture of what might be coming. Would love to hear from the HN crowd on what's coming next in API design. I see a lot of bu
by alonsonic 6y ago
Agree, the author doesn't paint the picture of what might be coming. Would love to hear from the HN crowd on what's coming next in API design. I see a lot of buzz around grpc, will this be the next standard?
- crispyporkbites 6y agoIt boils down to: - optimise the amount of data you send (see graphql/this persons agent idea) - optimise where you send it to/from The latter has a hard limit of c, which we’ll always try to move towards. Distributed computation helps, but trades off speed/consistency. The question then becomes whether you can have an inconsistent model for those few seconds.
- adamkl 6y agoI always thought this was a pretty interesting take on the future of web applications/APIs, and aligns pretty closely with what you describe: https://tonsky.me/blog/the-web-after-tomorrow/ https://tonsky.me/blog/the-web-after-tomorrow/