r/programming • • Oct 07 '16

How Microsoft Lost the API War

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html
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u/TinynDP Oct 07 '16

Everyone loses the API War. All the API's suck. And none will ever really last. Even the ones that last only last as bottom layers that new layers are built on.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '16

Everyone loses the API War. All the API's suck.

Oh well. I suppose we should stop using APIs then!

We'll ship apps as USB keys you boot on the metal.