Chris TrottierNov 9, 2022

The biggest mistake web devs ever made was focusing on corporate-owned APIs instead of on new and innovative open protocols.

I don't care how all-encompassing Big Social becomes -- or whether Google or Apple can keep their market valuations ongoing.

Those "critical" APIs can be yoinked at any moment.

However, SMTP and HTTP have now been used for decades. So why not build on the next generation of open protocols?

Show threadSteve TibbettNov 10, 2022
@atomicpoet It’s also worth looking at whether the open source project you’re using is vulnerable to a single big corp losing interest. Projects with genuine community support from a variety of contributors are a much safer bet long term.
Show threadChris Trottier
@stevex Great advice!
Nov 10, 2022 at 2:32amWeb