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View submission: An Update Regarding Reddit’s API
I'm really liking the dev platform so far, you guys did a great job. My only major criticism is how we're being limited package import and URL-wise via fetch. I don't have the ability to move over the things we're doing in wallstreetbets yet and it's almost entirely because of some lines in a config file, which is frustrating to me.
It feels a bit like the previous way of doing things has been issued a roundabout deprecation notice before the new way is ripe, y'know?
I hear you when you say it shouldn't effect most people but this is the first major change in a long time. We all kind of figured this was coming and it just makes you wonder what the future looks like.
It would really suck if the experience of making and self-hosting really cool stuff that makes Reddit better went away or was significantly diminished. It's how I learned to program, and I got to pick my own language and environment and tools, that was a lot of fun.
It still is, though now I'm in a weird state of limbo where I have 5 things I want to make, 0 of them can currently be made on the dev platform due to restrictions not capability, and now I'm scared to spend time using the old API to write multi-thousand line codebases just to have to move it later.
I think is fairly likely that Reddit will continue to make really cool stuff and most of it will be solely available through the dev platform. I can't entirely fault that likelihood, but I hope that in addition to pushing the dev platform and giving us new capabilities you also find a way to make the older API work toward your newer goals so it doesn't feel like a dead end to people like me. I'd guess right now there's a little bit of a chill on large projects due to this dynamic.
Comment by AReluctantRedditor at 18/04/2023 at 21:16 UTC
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The limited package imports and fetch locations are being expanded. Go read up on the packaging discussion thread in the discord.