Re:Avoiding homework with code and getting caught
by vertis on Friday September 23, 2022 @03:28AM
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I remember that kind of thrill. For a while I ran a tool for Etsy before they had an API, circa 2007. What they did have was AMFPHP, powering their flash toys (treasury, etc). I used it to allow sellers to see their sales stats.
Even went to the Etsy office in Brooklyn at one point and had a chat about it. I think some of the team was a bit bemused that I'd essentially extracted a large amount of data. But they took forever to get to the point of having an actual API (and I was one of the early users of this as well).
Eventually it became unsustainable and I shut it down, but it sure was fun having people be passionate about using it and sharing it.
Even went to the Etsy office in Brooklyn at one point and had a chat about it. I think some of the team was a bit bemused that I'd essentially extracted a large amount of data. But they took forever to get to the point of having an actual API (and I was one of the early users of this as well).
Eventually it became unsustainable and I shut it down, but it sure was fun having people be passionate about using it and sharing it.