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		kyrra 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lessons from 14 years at Google This was well talked about in Hyrums Law, which came from a Googler as well. https://www.hyrumslaw.com/ > With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody.

mjevans 3 months ago [–]

I believe it.

I also believe an off the shelf example of how to use the library correctly will save everyone a lot of pain later.

shermantanktop 3 months ago | [–]

I always strongly suggest sample code to people designing new APIs. Can be a very revealing exercise.

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