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| Apr 11, 2020 | » | APIs Are Not In the Efficiency Business
3 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
CityFlo Reduces Google Maps API Bill by 94%Google Directions API limited their free tier . CityFlo uses this API to calculate ETAs. Initially, CityFlo queried the API every time a stop was registered. |
| Nov 14, 2020 | » | Software Dependencies
6 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
Dependency ManagementGolang introduced a new library referencing mode to overcome limitations of the old one. While the two library modes are supported by Golang, they are incompatible, e.g. dependency management (DM) issues, reference inconsistencies, build failures, etc. did an empirical study that resulted in HERO, an automated technique to detect DM issues and suggest fixes. Applied to 19k Golang projects, HERO detected 98.5% on a DM issue benchmark, and found 2,422 new DM issues in 2,356 Golang projects. They reported 280 issues, and almost all of the fixes have adopted HERO’s fixing suggestions. ... |
This was the problem. The number of API calls should be dependent on the stops themselves, not the buses. For an MVP, sure - make that query - but if you’re running a growing business, those calls add up!
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