API’s Dirty Little Secret
Adam DuVander
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Good thoughts!

I was just explaining something similar to a friend today. I want to build a bot for FB Messenger. They’ve exposed the API, great!

But, for most folks, that’s kinda like a furniture store just giving you a block of wood. What? What do I do with this? As programmers, we have our own tools that we bring to shape that wood (or at least, know how to use tools others have built).

For the everyman, they’re kinda left high and dry. They either get the end product (a piece of furniture) or need a simplified interface(like IKEA).