From d3ede25be9126952af4383c1a212e82f0d6fac8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cory Dransfeldt Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:45:46 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] chore: post --- ...ve-me-a-web-feed-or-an-api-for-everything.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/posts/2024/give-me-a-web-feed-or-an-api-for-everything.md diff --git a/src/posts/2024/give-me-a-web-feed-or-an-api-for-everything.md b/src/posts/2024/give-me-a-web-feed-or-an-api-for-everything.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..52da4535 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2024/give-me-a-web-feed-or-an-api-for-everything.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +date: '2024-02-26' +title: 'Give me a web feed or an API for everything' +description: "If I'm using your service, if I'm paying for your service, I really need it to have an API or a web feed." +tags: ['tech', 'development'] +--- +If I'm using your service, if I'm paying for your service, I really need it to have an API or a web feed. + +I want the data I entrust your service with to be accessible on open and transparent terms. I might want to back it up and archive it regularly, I may want to display it elsewhere or I may simply want to subscribe to updates. + +If you have a development team of sufficient size, this should be a [table stakes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_stakes) feature. If you offer a web feed[^1] and remove it, I'm going to assume that such a move is hostile and start looking around for other signs that a moat is forming or walls are going up. + +Open data exchange, portability and interconnectedness are at the core of a free, fair and open internet. The internet is the platform and the medium and we should be maintaining open, standardized points of connection. + +I'll use your service or your platform, but respect me enough to give me access to the data that I provide and the data that makes it valuable to me. + +[^1]: RSS, Atom or JSON for our purposes here. \ No newline at end of file