agree that anyone making broad generalities like "algos dont matter" is always mistaken. but API design is more about the system, and how it is carved out into components, and what each component does is the algo. so, api and algo are tied together.
compilers eased the production of assembly code. that didnt reduce the need for folks coding at a different layer of abstraction.
compilers eased the production of assembly code. that didnt reduce the need for folks coding at a different layer of abstraction.