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Re:Why my favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central... by leokennis on Saturday September 16, 2023 @01:44AM (#37532331)
Wow. I’m just thinking of the hoops I’d have to go through to host changing data as a static CSV/ZIP at my employer.

Architects would complain ZIP isn’t a format conform to their specs for this purpose. Compliance would complain there needs to be a check that no private informatie leaked. Risk that I should prevent bad actors from downloading the file. Web people that I need an approved change to add stuff to the site.

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Re:Why my favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central... by TeMPOraL on Saturday September 16, 2023 @04:04AM (#37532915)
Yeah, but modern, approved practices don't really address any of that - they just hide it under a pile of extra complexity that's too big for most devs and managers' attention span, effectively disappearing it.
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