Re:APIs that developers should know about
by _pius on Monday December 13, 2010 @09:51AM
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Of course I agree with the idea that integrating with an API can make your software more fragile (it's a truism), but you greatly understate the costs of Not Invented Here syndrome.
To a few of your points:
- Twilio - Spend the time you'd use learning Twilio to learn how to configure up Asterisk instead. Set it up with multiple SIP providers with multiple PSTN gateways.
Seriously? The idea that going from zero to production on Asterisk takes roughly the same time as doing it with Twilio is risible.
- SimpleGeo - No need to use a web service for this. You can get IP to geo data for free nowadays, and every programming language has a library for it.
Again, preposterous. That's not what SimpleGeo does, even the briefest look at the homepage shows that: http://simplegeo.com/
To a few of your points:
- Twilio - Spend the time you'd use learning Twilio to learn how to configure up Asterisk instead. Set it up with multiple SIP providers with multiple PSTN gateways.
Seriously? The idea that going from zero to production on Asterisk takes roughly the same time as doing it with Twilio is risible.
- SimpleGeo - No need to use a web service for this. You can get IP to geo data for free nowadays, and every programming language has a library for it.
Again, preposterous. That's not what SimpleGeo does, even the briefest look at the homepage shows that: http://simplegeo.com/