Apply Postel's Law when designing APIs, data interchange formats, network protocols, input validation, or any interface that will receive data from other systems or users. Trigger on phrases like "how strict should our API be?", "should we accept slightly malformed input?", "what should we send vs.
Apply Postel's Law when designing APIs, data interchange formats, network protocols, input validation, or any interface that will receive data from other systems or users. Trigger on phrases like "how strict should our API be?", "should we accept slightly malformed input?", "what should we send vs. accept?", "how do we handle unexpected fields?", or any question about the balance between strictnes