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Ah, but that's also the nice thing about relying on somebody else's API: When it breaks, it's not your job to fix it. Back in the dot-com days of '99, I built
by jasonkester 18y ago
Ah, but that's also the nice thing about relying on somebody else's API: When it breaks, it's not your job to fix it.
Back in the dot-com days of '99, I built and maintained an app that was pretty much identical to what Google Maps released 5 years later (yeah, with tiles and javascript dragging & all that). The downside is that the backend was pulling from this crap GIS system that was always overloaded.
So it would bog down under load. And it was my problem. And it hurt.
So 10 years later, I run a little site built on the Google Maps API. Today it bogged down under load. And it was sunny out so I went out rock climbing because a whole team of smart people were scrambling to fix it for me and it wasn't my problem.
Sometimes "not my problem" can be pretty nice.
- TallGuyShort 18y agoNot only that, I'm almost certain the google engineers would do a better job than I would! Faster, too...
- yan 18y agoYou climb? Where at? I always wanted to pitch the idea of having a YC meetup at a climbing gym.
- jasonkester 18y agoKinda everywhere. I travel most of the year, following the sunshine to spots with good climbing, surfing and wifi. I'm in the Lake District (Northwest Engand) at the moment. I seem to find myself in the 'states for about 3-6 months most years, usually in LA. If there were a hacker crag session when I was in town, I'd be there.
- yan 18y agoI'm a climber who loves surfing and hacking. Looking for hires? haha. A climbing meetup is something I've been planning. I will probably ping the local (nyc) folks to see if they're interested.