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Of course I disagree with the article. APIs are not the political problem, technology is. It's inherent in saying that you're going to "change the world," be "d
by chipsy 11y ago
Of course I disagree with the article. APIs are not the political problem, technology is. It's inherent in saying that you're going to "change the world," be "disruptive" or "revolutionary." When software dies, it goes unmaintained and unused in favor of something more popular. These are qualities of political platforms. The word "platform" is used in technology in a remarkably similar way. So it's not an API thing.
- JoshTriplett 11y agoThen it should be a logical extension that APIs are analogous to the relationships between political platforms, which is the premise of the article. Along similar lines, consider that people talk about APIs as "contracts". More generally, the article makes the point that APIs are more social than technical. Terminology aside, I think it's reasonable to note that the interface boundaries between software have noticeable non-technical aspects that the interfaces within software do not.