Code, Noted· 3 min read
The formats that outlive us
CSV never got better and never went away; Parquet is a teenager and load-bearing. An essay on file formats as the longest contracts in computing.
#formats#interfaces#longevity
Tagged: interfaces
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The interface is the asset
Amazon S3 turns nineteen this month. Its implementation has been rebuilt continuously; its API has barely moved. On what that asymmetry teaches.
#interfaces#apis#longevity