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428 points ahamez | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 19:10 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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pixl97 ◴[24 Aug 25 21:54 UTC] No.45008158[source]▶

While the author doesn't seem to like version based APIs very much, I always recommend baking them in from the very start of your application.

You cannot predict the future and chances are there will be some breaking change forced upon you by someone or something out of your control.

claw-el ◴[24 Aug 25 22:36 UTC] No.45008436[source]▶

If there is a breaking change forced upon in the future, can’t we use a different name for the function?

1. CharlesW ◴[24 Aug 25 23:01 UTC] No.45008580[source]▶

You could, but it just radically increases complexity in comparison to "version" knob in a URI, media type, or header.

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