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by liampulles 396 days ago
A good API is upfront with its caveats, e.g. saying that you should do an exponential backoff X times with Y initial delay. But the only way to verify that claim is through usage. I wouldn't expect a junior or an AI agent to be able to assess that in the initial client implementation, and I really wouldn't want a junior or AI agent to hit the prod instance of this service in myriad different ways to try and unearth these quirks.