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sadly, today i have cancelled my neynar subscription

my open and free farcaster hub has been shut down too

all my bots that i've built on farcaster already haven't worked for a while because of rapid api changes that, frankly, i don't have time to fix

a stupid tg bot i've built in 2016 (8 years ago) still works today because there weren't many breaking bot api changes

smart contracts that i've written years ago are still up and running

i'm not leaving the ecosystem just yet but it is difficult as it is to build something people want to use, moreover when you literally have to fight for these things to work repeatedly every few months

i'm also demotivated to build anything on farcaster now because i'm afraid it will break again in 1-2 months

please read the below thread! 

It is the story of a great dev here.

take away what you want. But please read it

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API stability is absolutely critical to a healthy developer ecosystem. Without it projects are guaranteed to die.

Personally I think less is more, and that polish for what is being used is more important than new features.

the counter argument would be why keep something that doesn't work?

Never said to keep things that don't work, only to polish items that are actively being used.

I think lots of sites think adding new features brings more users, I would argue the inverse. For instance I don't need apps in my social network feed, I have my normal desktop, phone, etc for apps.

Yeah, there are a few cases where the integration makes sense, but I would also argue it is ripe for abuse and lots of mini worthless apps.

Minting is one case where I think it makes sense, since the platform is integrated with your wallet.

I fully agree and support the polishing 

Interesting thought on mini apps

To me hypersub for example I mint in frame and subscribe that way

Way easier and less friction I love that