Charlie Kindel

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This is Tig Kindel's blog. He writes about leadership and building products. Also about books, cars, guns, soccer, skiing, and beer.

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Don't Build APIs

2012117 points57 comments Software Engineering details

My first job at Microsoft was providing developer support for the early Windows SDKs. To do my job well, I spent hours studying the Windows SDK documentation, the Windows source code, and writing sample applications. I then spent hours poring over customers’ (such as Lotus, WordPerfect, and Computer Associates) code…