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Re:Strict APIs vs. Forgiving APIs by rvnx on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:30PM (#24921631)
In second case you may break other people's software because of your expectations on how the world should work.

For example, Twitter pages not working if there is a fbclid parameter.

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Re:Strict APIs vs. Forgiving APIs by selfhoster11 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @10:03AM (#24930564)
FBCLID and UTM tags are their own kind of craziness. They shouldn't have been present in the first place.
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