Implementing content negotiation right is far less work than creating a whole API. But hey, writing APIs is more fun… ruben.verborgh.org/blog/2013…

The lie of the API

When you ask for an API, you will get one, even though you never needed it ◆ Really, nobody takes your website serious anymore if you don’t offer an API. And that’s what everybody did: they got...

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.@RubenVerborgh Great post! Food for thought, you know @nwalsh's norman.walsh.name/2003/07/02… & @bitworking's bitworking.org/news/WebServi… from 2003?
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@tomayac @bitworking @nwalsh @RubenVerborgh funny, I got bitten by IE with conneg recently. I still believe in conneg though :)

Nov 29, 2013 · 8:49 PM UTC

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Replying to @pchampin
@pchampin @bitworking @ndw @RubenVerborgh [s/nwalsh/ndw/] #Conneg—Sounds super nice in theory, but incredibly hard to get right in practice.
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@pchampin Share the MSIE story? Related to gethifi.com/blog/browser-res… from @RubenVerborgh? (Just realized you don't follow me, wanted to DM).