Day 30 — When APIs Aren’t the Answer

Day 30 was an important product realization. I’d been assuming that "real-time API" automatically meant "better." In practice, it meant fragility, noise, and time spent debugging things users don’t care about. For the Shows page, static links were enough — and better. They’re fast, accurate, and under my control. Good engineering isn’t about maximum complexity. It’s about the right amount of truth.