The unbearable frustration of figuring out APIs
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The unbearable frustration of figuring out APIs
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#2Show me the incentive and I can likely guess how hard your API is to use.
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#3This is strangest read I had in a while. It is like saying that operating a submarine is very counter intuitive, I know how to operate an airliner, both are vehicles.
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#4In all honesty this is how a typical developer experience has been for a long time in a number of systems. Expecting someone to pre-chew your programming food is silly.
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#5> You probably already know this, but apparently the first line in the file, that comment, is actually significant.
I did not knew this.
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#6For me the worst APIs by far are on Android. They are even worse than win32.
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#7This is strangest read I had in a while. It is like saying that operating a submarine is very counter intuitive, I know how to operate an airliner, both are vehicles.
It was my first taste of Swift, and has destroyed any lingering curiosity I had about it.
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#8I'm really sorry, but when someone posts an entire article that they don't first proof-read at least once, it makes me question the rest of what I'm reading and can't continue.
> ... I found mysekf launching TextEdit just to do that
I hope everyone else enjoys it!
Re: The unbearable frustration of figuring out APIs
#9I'm really sorry, but when someone posts an entire article that they don't first proof-read at least once, it makes me question the rest of what I'm reading and can't continue. > ... I found mysekf launching TextEdit just to do that I hope everyone else enjoys it!
on the one hand, why didn't they just pump it through the "Ghost" and have it fix all the problems for them?
on the other hand, I appreciated knowing that it was actually written by a frustrated human, and not sanitized by the Ghost.
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#10For me the worst APIs by far are on Android. They are even worse than win32.
Nope, Google AI APIs are second to none. That shit will make you question whether their services are worth it.
Edit: Come to think of it, both are made by Google :')