Katrin Krieger ☀️Jul 11, 2023
Kevlin Henney

How to create a stable API

https://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2012/06/how-to-create-a-stable-api.html

How To Create A Stable API

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Jul 11, 2023 at 12:07pmWeb
Show threadgrowse ❎Jul 11, 2023
@kevlin **kwargs all the things!
Show threadKevlin HenneyJul 11, 2023
@growse match-case all the implementations!
Show threadgrowse ❎Jul 11, 2023
@kevlin "of course my API is just one method. You pass in a script that tells me what you want to do, and I execute it"
Show threadRanizJul 11, 2023
@kevlin This pattern is used in quite a lot of binary formats...
Show threadrobertJul 11, 2023
@kevlin I worked at a company once that essentially did this with the user table in the db. Created a json field in postgres intended to store all of the miscellaneous things they just didn't want to do a migration for.
Show threadKevlin HenneyJul 11, 2023
@robert 😱