right... I was doing that all along!

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11 Feb 2009 13:34 EST

If you've seen my Bastardizing a Backup Adventure in Code, I should note that there's this really cool thing called webhooks that work like that. And they're actually pretty useful, and awesome, and I totally was following that model when I came up with my crazy ass idea. Yea. Totally

Seriously though, it's always enjoyable when you discover that some idea you came up with independently is an actual useful item. It's usually fleshed out a little bit better, and you rarely have the idea first, but it's cool.

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