So this is about web APIs? I dislike that the broad term "API" has started to be used as shorthand for "HTTP API" (and probably REST-ish HTTP APIs specifically). It wastes people's time trying to figure out if something is of interest to them. Not everyone in tech is building web apps.
So this is about web APIs? I dislike that the broad term "API" has started to be used as shorthand for "HTTP API" (and probably REST-ish HTTP APIs specifically). It wastes people's time trying to figure out if something is of interest to them. Not everyone in tech is building web apps.