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0 pointssgt1015y ago0 comments

Well - you can argue about the opposite as well!

But I would claim that this is an existence proof - if the management will and focus is there for an API enabled business (it was) this case study proves that is not sufficient to create the kind of company that Amazon became. An API program isn't a magic bullet (as everyone knows by now I guess!)

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bhupy5y ago· 1 in thread

The following can be true at the same time:

- An API program isn’t a magic bullet

- An API program is a necessary, but not sufficient condition to replicate Amazon’s success

You’re right that this case study proves that it alone is insufficient to create the kind of company that Amazon became, but does it also prove that it’s unnecessary to create the kind of company that Amazon became?

sgt101OP5y ago

yes - agree.

I think that the testamentary on this thread from current Amazon employees that they have ditched API requirements is evidence that it is also unneeded to sustain the kind of company that Amazon is.

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