On: Ask HN: When to do an API for my web app?

[maxklein]

Nah. Let's say you want to retrieve an artist from a query string.

First, define your API for this:

external->getArtist(string)

Now program the getArtist function. Then make a gui that uses this function, deploy it and you have already shipped your first version with a single API function.

[maryrosecook → maxklein]

Yes, I guess you're right that the simpler functions are straightforward to APIze.