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Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing by nly on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @03:21AM (#46055310)
Works with implementations and not APIs though.

A bad API can constrain your implementation and often can't be changed once it's in use by loads of users. APIs should be right from day one if possible.

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Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing by globalise83 on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @04:13AM (#46055654)
I would add the nuance that the possibility of controlled migration from one versioned API to another should be right from day one, not necessarily the first API version.
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