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API Endpoints

I’ve accessed data via APIs fairly frequently, but have not dived into the details of how those calls work. So let’s do that here.

APIs (Application Programming Interface) can generally be SOAP or REST (REpresentational State Transfer) - let’s focus on REST. There’s plenty to say about when and why to use APIs in making data available, but I want to look more at how to use them. What data...

Site Setup

I’m not yet sure what shape this site is going to take, but let’s kick things off with some decision points on the website itself. No one is here yet, so I’ll do a Q&A with… myself.

Why set up your own website at all?

While I could just post on Twitter or Facebook, I wanted to (in concept) hearken back to a more decentralized web, and (in practice)...