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0 pointsflamedoge8y ago0 comments

you can't guard against every imaginable stupidity. you try but users will inevitably find a hole.

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That's not how APIs work. You don't eliminate stupidity by thinking of each and every way the user could screw up. You simplify your API so there aren't so many ways to use it in the first place.

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loup-vaillant8y ago

That's not how APIs work. You don't eliminate stupidity by thinking of each and every way the user could screw up. You simplify your API so there aren't so many ways to use it in the first place.

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