Dev: This bug is about filtering on this one field. It affects all endpoints.
Me: Are you SURE? That field is only on a few endpoints, most don't have that field.
Dev: Yes, every computer making this query will be affected, it's all endpoints.
Me: Do you know what an endpoint is?
I have now learned that a lot of the developers who work on our REST API (which has nearly 1000 endpoints) are only aware of the single endpoint they are working on, so when I ask "Which endpoint?" they are confused and unable to answer because my question makes no sense to them. This has been an endless source of frustration to me.
It's like, you get a note saying "Right front tire needs replaced" and look out on a parking lot with hundreds of cars. You ask "Sure. Which car?" and they reply "Um, like, THE car. With the right front tire. What the hell, man?"