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Are Googlers Too Smart For Their Own Good?

Posted by kdawson on from the keep-it-complicated-smarty dept.

theodp writes "If you're a mere mortal, don't be surprised if your first reaction to Google Storage for Developers is 'WTF?!' Offering the kind of 'user-friendly' API one might expect from a bunch of computer science Ph.D.s, Google Storage even manages to overcomplicate the simple act of copying files. Which raises the question: Are Googlers with 'world-class programming skills' capable of producing straightforward, simple-to-use programming interfaces for ordinary humans?"

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  1. Re:Hint: "For Developers" Means "For Developers" by BarryNorton · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I'm ready to take a 'redundant' to support this. OP, learn REST. This is a pretty good API. Sorry you haven't adjusted to the Web way of thinking.

  2. Re:Rule of the 5 Year Old and 7 Year Old by Wovel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It is not a user facing system, hence the title "for developers".