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by treis 1167 days ago
> "It can't be done!" is just plain silly

It's a good thing I didn't say that.

>Yes, it does mean you'll spend time writing more code

The whole point of WSDLs and OpenAPI is to minimize the amount of time it takes to consume your API. Saying you have to write more code is highlighting the shortcomings of OpenAPI at doing the only thing it's built to do. Which is why companies have largely punted on providing OpenAPI specs in favor of maintaining libraries in a handful of popular languages.