> "They can only last if they’re simple to maintain, otherwise keeping them working becomes tedious and the author eventually gives up." avoiding third-party s

> "They can only last if they’re simple to maintain, otherwise keeping them working becomes tedious and the author eventually gives up." avoiding third-party services/APIs and fickle build tools will get you 99% there. not always possible. i remember the days when APIs and aggregation was the trend. yahoo pipes was the peak.