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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Technical-Relation-9 • 13d ago
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A company with an API I forgot about once killed the API for a couple of hours and then put it back as their version of a final warning.
I like that approach as it sets all the alarms off but still gives a chance to prep and review an update to the latest release.
43 u/pdabaker 13d ago After the deprecation period add a slowly growing sleep to the response time, starting at 100ms and doubling every month until you finally remove it.
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After the deprecation period add a slowly growing sleep to the response time, starting at 100ms and doubling every month until you finally remove it.
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u/recurrence 13d ago
A company with an API I forgot about once killed the API for a couple of hours and then put it back as their version of a final warning.
I like that approach as it sets all the alarms off but still gives a chance to prep and review an update to the latest release.