Kin Lane @[email protected]

"Twitter was the most important API. Up until the end of 2022 I was ready to fight for it, but I am fully captivated by the power of the #Fediverse now. While I don’t think all the mainstream people will move to #Mastodon, I am tired of rebuilding on someone else’s platform. I want my next round of work to occur on my platform. The people’s platform. I am not worried about reaching same scale + scope that Twitter, Facebook + others have. I am just looking for my people"

https://apievangelist.com/2023/02/05/twitter-is-the-most-important-api/

Twitter Is the Most Important API https://apievangelist.com/2023/02/05/twitter-is-the-most-important-api/

Twitter Should Be Able Charge for Their API Because It Costs Money to Operate - https://apievangelist.com/2023/02/05/twitter-should-be-able-charge-for-their-api-because-it-costs-money-to-operate/

A Loose Federation of API Standards https://apievangelist.com/2023/02/05/a-loose-federation-of-api-standards/

#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration

#SilentSunday

@kin Kin, scalability and reach.

APIs and 🤖 code allow you to do things a human cannot. Using cheap commodity hardware, a well documented Python module and some custom code, since 2017 I’ve run a service ¥ that read out lines from Jane Austin novels, one line at a time every 15 minutes.

Humans cannot tweet as regularly as my 🤖 code. It is stable enough to run for months without intervention. I targeted #JaneAusten, a popular author and grew the readership to almost 3K. Not big numbers, but read by a significant portion of the serious Austen readers and scholars on twitter.

I started if for a challenge and kept it running for fun. You can read more of the technical bits here: <https://seldomlogical.com/pureausten.html>

¥ #PureAusten <https://twitter.com/pureausten>

My Mastodon #FollowFriday Postman Collection https://apievangelist.com/2023/02/04/my-mastodon-follow-friday-collection/