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I think it's interesting that Dave Winer decided to do this as a blog post instead of a HN discussion. Instead of having a conversation with the HN community he decided to have a conversation with his readers.
That's not what I "decided" at all. I do my writing on my blog. That's the way I work. Happy to participate in a discussion here.
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I took down the site after YC blocked my IP address. I believe it was blocked as a result of increased usage from the explosion in traffic, resulting in some really heavy usage of the API. My guess is that YC's software did this automatically to prevent abuse. In addition, many folks weren't happy with me distributing the HN database. So there really wasn't a reason to keep it up. I'm going to rework the API such tha…
That's a real shame, I was thinking of building something on it too. I wish there was a way to get HN pages in simple JSON/XML.
>Apparently that's because Hacker News has blocked his API. Does anyone know if this is actually the case? http://api.ihackernews.com gives me a 404, but I'm posting this from ihackernews's browser interface, which obviously is getting updates.
I took down the site after YC blocked my IP address. I believe it was blocked as a result of increased usage from the explosion in traffic, resulting in some really heavy usage of the API. My guess is that YC's software did this automatically to prevent abuse. In addition, many folks weren't happy with me distributing the HN database. So there really wasn't a reason to keep it up. I'm going to rework the API such tha…
I hope so, because I love it and use it every day.
Whether or not it will, thank you so much for creating it, as well as the API!
I think it's interesting that Dave Winer decided to do this as a blog post instead of a HN discussion. Instead of having a conversation with the HN community he decided to have a conversation with his readers.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I took down the site after YC blocked my IP address. I believe it was blocked as a result of increased usage from the explosion in traffic, resulting in some really heavy usage of the API. My guess is that YC's software did this automatically to prevent abuse. In addition, many folks weren't happy with me distributing the HN database. So there really wasn't a reason to keep it up. I'm going to rework the API such tha…
Thank you for the confirmation. Will the ihackernews browser interface remain active? I hope so, because I love it and use it every day. Whether or not it will, thank you so much for creating it, as well as the API!
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I took down the site after YC blocked my IP address. I believe it was blocked as a result of increased usage from the explosion in traffic, resulting in some really heavy usage of the API. My guess is that YC's software did this automatically to prevent abuse. In addition, many folks weren't happy with me distributing the HN database. So there really wasn't a reason to keep it up. I'm going to rework the API such tha…
Thank you for the confirmation. Will the ihackernews browser interface remain active? I hope so, because I love it and use it every day. Whether or not it will, thank you so much for creating it, as well as the API!
I think it's interesting that Dave Winer decided to do this as a blog post instead of a HN discussion. Instead of having a conversation with the HN community he decided to have a conversation with his readers.
That's not what I "decided" at all. I do my writing on my blog. That's the way I work. Happy to participate in a discussion here.
I think it's interesting that Dave Winer decided to do this as a blog post instead of a HN discussion. Instead of having a conversation with the HN community he decided to have a conversation with his readers.
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