Latency

In Europe, a date is often represented as day, month, then year, while in North America, the order is month, day, 12 months. Not being specific in such particulars may end up in data quality issues and, worst case, your API breaking an application. For these trying to develop APIs, there are some gotchas, particularly around alternative of specs and underestimating demand. A tenet of excellent API design is to summary and shield the patron […]