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Re:Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and les... by VMG on Saturday December 08, 2012 @05:36PM (#4892939)
I try to remember that line the next time my boss wants me to code an API.
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Re:Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and les... by mahmud on Sunday December 09, 2012 @01:08AM (#4893992)
that's a shitty excuse. HTML as a "protocol" mixes presentation with content. An API should not only be presentation agnostic, but presentation free.
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Re:Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and les... by randomdata on Sunday December 09, 2012 @01:55AM (#4894090)
Where then do microformats fit, in your opinion? A defined standard for API-like transmissions, but mixed into presentable content.
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