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an API does not mean there are no hidden dependencies, and that is often the biggest failure.

If an API call is not stateless, or requires to be chained with other calls, you're in for a world of pain in the long run

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But this is equivalent to saying “a monolith can never work because it’s highly coupled”. In both cases you need to follow best practices to make things work. API design and alignment with consumers of the API is table stakes.

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