alt Hacker NewsThat's true if you assume making these things is manual work. But of course with well documented API service and AI coding tools, making a functional local equivalent of any given service is not all that hard.
That's true if you assume making these things is manual work. But of course with well documented API service and AI coding tools, making a functional local equivalent of any given service is not all that hard.
Cloning the API surface is cheap, but once you try to match edge-case behavior across auth and retries you spend way more time than most weekend projects can justify.
You fake half the error modes or your test rig drfits from prod fast.