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[Joshua Strobl <truthfromlies@xxxxxxxxx>]

A self-build API, in my opinion, allows for more flexibility and 
integration with third-party services (such as the Ubuntu Reviews API) 
than a generated API from Couchbase. It may not necessarily be easier 
to maintain, however we'll be able to add / remove features at our own 
speed and not rely on potential breaking changes by Couchbase.

One could say that we could just stick with a particular version of 
Couchbase to ensure things don't break, but that opens up the doors for 
future security exploits and vulnerabilities.

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Goncalo Margalho <g@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> Why should we "waste" time on building an API for it if we could just 
> build the database with couchbase (which is very scalable as well) 
> and just use those ones, they are there, we just need to prepare the 
> queries (if needed) I could help setting up everything.
>
> http://www.couchbase.com/docs/couchbase-manual-2.0/couchbase-views-querying-rest-api.html here 
> you can see an example, the APIs are generated automatically. I can 
> set up the infrastracture, define the DB with someone and just make 
> some tests :)
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Joshua Strobl 
> <truthfromlies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I do want to say, Goncalo, since I forgot to mention it in my prior 
> > email, that if you could work on setting up and maintaining the 
> > infrastructure, I can handle the API.
> >
> > You'd have my love...or a cookie. Whatever you prefer. A cookie 
> > sounds better.
> >
> > - Joshua Strobl