On: Why should anyone ever use a Google API again?

[krisrak]

Never rely on anyones API, building something with API is mashup/side-project not a startup/company.

[mindcrime → krisrak]

Never rely on anyones API, building something with API is mashup/side-project not a startup/company.

I think a better statement is "Never rely on anyone's API unless you have a contractual agreement and SLA in place, and a backup plan for if/when the API goes away; building something on an API otherwise is a mashup/side-project not a startup/company."

[gte910h → krisrak]

All business is risk. This is yet one more risk. Hundreds if not thousands of successful businesses work on top of other businesses.

[code_duck → krisrak]

Pretty sure that's not what TweetDeck is thinking this week.

[kenjackson → code_duck]

But it's probably what all the other Twitter clients are thinking. :-)

[code_duck → kenjackson]

Doubtlessly. I hate being in the thrall of a company in such a way too. It's dangerous to be dependent upon someone else's their API. But is the chance of great success lower than for with other businesses? Probably better to start a Twitter client than a to-do list site or something.

[drcube → krisrak]

Also, you shouldn't ever write a program with dependencies. :P