API key exploitation is more than hypothetical. In a different context, a student who reportedly exposed a GCP API key on GitHub last June was left nursing a $55,444 bill (later waived by Google) ...

Third-party developers currently pay Elon Musk's X as much as millions of dollars per year to in order to access the platform's API. However, it appears that Musk and company now want a cut of those ...

Spotify is now limiting each app to only five users, and requires devs to have a Premium subscription. If developers need to make their app available to a wider user base, they will have to apply for ...

Block Party, a startup developed by software engineer and tech diversity advocate Tracy Chou, was among the victims of Twitter’s (now X’s) API changes earlier this year, forcing it to pivot its ...

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In an announcement one day before Thanksgiving, Spotify said it would be blocking access to some API endpoints. In an announcement one day before Thanksgiving, Spotify said it would be blocking access ...

If you've been a production developer for any time, you know application programming interfaces (APIs) are subject to change at the provider's whim. You might go to bed one night knowing your app is ...