> Open protocols are great but they are also absolutely a hindrance on change. If you’ve ever worked on a public API you know how painful making a breaking change to that API can be.
I worked on public API's. If there's a justified need for a breaking change, make a new API and deprecate the old one. It can of course be harder than this, but its complication mainly comes from proper PLANNING of the action and AWARENESS of the environment.
It's an OS, let's treat it as such and not buy into this narrative how hard and unfair the world is to this trillion dollar company.
I worked on public API's. If there's a justified need for a breaking change, make a new API and deprecate the old one. It can of course be harder than this, but its complication mainly comes from proper PLANNING of the action and AWARENESS of the environment.
It's an OS, let's treat it as such and not buy into this narrative how hard and unfair the world is to this trillion dollar company.