Post #4219418
2026-06-10 19:13 UTC
@wnd@fosstodon.org it doesn't exactly fill me with enthusiasm when they hold up the rail data marketplace as a great success when it's one of the worst data sources i have come across 🤔
the "API first" approach always makes me a bit squeamish because it's only really useful for real-time data or if you're gluing some pipeline together
what i want is some files to download and - i know this is asking a lot and could cost 0.01% of the budget - a few years of previous versions of those files
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@wnd@fosstodon.org 2026-06-10 19:24
@bovine3dom@masto.ai yes. I need to be circumspect here but these are all points that have been noted. Also I think you over state the amount of money spent versus the cost of capturing and hosting historic data.