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Re:The API Hub: Jeff Bezos-Backed Mashape Launches To The Pu... by scribu on Monday July 30, 2012 @08:16PM (#4315386)
Standardizing APIs is a Good Thing. Unfortunately, standards alone don't seem to be enough. (oAuth2 anyone?)

Therefore, offering a proxy that has enough benefits to developers to make them switch to it's standard seems like a more realistic approach.

So, I truly hope Mashape takes off.

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Re:The API Hub: Jeff Bezos-Backed Mashape Launches To The Pu... by nl on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @04:45AM (#4316301)
Mashape doesn't standardise anything - it "just" provides API billing and management tools.

Saying APIs should be standardized is very naive anyway - APIs often need to offer specific platform-specific features.

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