Which platform's API/scraping restrictions have burned you the most?
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Building an API that pulls data across 13 social platforms, and the thing that's eaten the most engineering time isn't the scraping itself, it's how differently every platform breaks. Rate limits that change without notice, auth flows that expire silently, structured data one week and a wall of JS the next.
Curious what's bitten other builders here. Which platform has been the worst to depend on, and what did you end up doing about it?
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@lukem121 Which platform changed the rules on you the most?
@lukem121 Which platform makes you check the logs first every morning?
@lukem121 Ever had a bug that made the whole team laugh later?
@lukem121 Ever fixed something only for it to break again the next day?
@lukem121 Which API has actually been a pleasant surprise?
@lukem121 which platform acts fine until it hits production?
@lukem121 Has a silent update ever ruined your weekend?
@lukem121 What's the longest you've spent fixing one issue?
@lukem121 What's your biggest "it worked yesterday" story?
@lukem121 The "worked yesterday" bugs really are a different kind of pain.