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thirdsight on Jan 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Digital Ocean vs. Linode

Cant say I actually use the API myself but its the job of the consumer of the API to read and understand it properly and test as well :)

DrJ on Jan 8, 2014 [–]

and one could also say that it's the job of the producer of the API to set safe and secure defaults for an API :)

thirdsight on Jan 8, 2014 | [–]

Or provide no defaults therefore solving both problems.

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