[midev]

> it wasn't meant to be condescending, it was meant to be a serious technical critique of what appears to be a publicly advertised product

Oh, I think everyone was confused because there was no serious technical critique. You made a flippant comment about disk space and network latency. Basic observations that anyone building this would have considered.

You can see from all the comments that everyone viewed you as condescending and unhelpful. You might want to revisit your writing style, since your intentions are not clear to anyone.

[cphoover]

Judging by the other comments in this thread and the upvotes to my original comment, many people seem to agree with me also.

you are an unpleasant person to talk with

[midev]

> you are an unpleasant person to talk with

I'm glad you picked up on my tone. I'd suggest not writing pointless criticism.

Them: "Hey, we wanted to build an API!" You: "What if you don't build an API, and just download a file? That's the same right?"

[cphoover]

In this context I think it was fairly clear I was referring to HTTP API. If they want to utilize a sqlite client or query local data in some other way I think that makes sense. You could download the whole project as a project dependency, and build your app as an offline app. I wouldn't expect a Quran app to require internet connection.

You must be a joy to peer review at work.