I agree. In an ideal world, this would be true. But I'm talking more about the situation in which we're consuming APIs, not designing them. So the trick is not meant for the API devs but for the consumers who might run into issues because of unpredictable API results.
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I agree. In an ideal world, this would be true. But I'm talking more about the situation in which we're consuming APIs, not designing them. So the trick is not meant for the API devs but for the consumers who might run into issues because of unpredictable API results.