Comment on An Alternative to Required API KeysparentComments−jsharpe13yAnother approach to discourage use in production would be to randomly return incorrect or garbled data. It's still easy to use for learning, but would lead to embarrassing errors or omissions if used for something real.−martin-adams13yMaybe, but that would just result in less trust in quality of the service. Which errors and hangs would do also.I'd rather see simulated data if it's purely for development purposes. You would have far more control over the conditions you need to test.
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Another approach to discourage use in production would be to randomly return incorrect or garbled data. It's still easy to use for learning, but would lead to embarrassing errors or omissions if used for something real.
Maybe, but that would just result in less trust in quality of the service. Which errors and hangs would do also.
I'd rather see simulated data if it's purely for development purposes. You would have far more control over the conditions you need to test.