Computers Influencing API Design: The Rise of Meaningless Tasks
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theodorejb
Plain bagel done well. Pleasantly substantive.
Summary
The article discusses the prevalence of meaningless tasks in computer usage and the emerging trend of computers influencing API design.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledMillions of people create accounts, confirm emails, dismiss notifications, solve captchas, reject cookies, and accept terms and conditions—not because they particularly want to or even need to.
Like it or not, we are already serving the machines.
LLMs started to have opinions on how your API should look.
Now there is a new way to serve our silicon overlords.
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