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Awful APIs: A History Lesson in Painful Industry Mistakes - Jim Seconde
Jim Seconde shares a history lesson on poor API design, highlighting the industry's mistakes that led to complexity and harm. Explore the evolution of awful APIs, crucial standards, and the importance of simplification.
Awful APIs: A History Lesson in Painful Industry Mistakes
- Awful APIs are a result of the industry’s mistakes, and they can cause unnecessary complexity and harm.
- Jim Seconde, a senior developer advocate at Vonage, shares a history lesson on the evolution of poor API design.
- Standards are crucial for simplicity and consistency in APIs.
- Human-readable code is essential for debugging and testing.
- History often repeats itself, with new technologies and solutions often becoming newer and more complicated versions of old mistakes.
- The importance of standards and simplify is highlighted through examples of poor API designs and complex coding issues.
- The speaker emphasizes the need for better documentation and security measures to prevent the creation of awful APIs.