As a developer working on sites or applications that require social integration (facebook, flickr, etc.), what percentage of your time is spent:
Q.1
On initial integration with external APIs (percentage of initial project time):
*
<10%
10-20%
20-30%
30-50%
>50%
oh god it never ends
Q.2
Maintaining these integrations over time (percentage of time per month):
*
<10%
10-20%
20-30%
30-50%
>50%
oh god it never ends
Q.3
On these integrations and maintenance now versus last year (i.e. how much more time are you spending this year on these integrations as compared to last year):
*
<10%
10-20%
20-30%
30-50%
>50%
oh god it never ends
Also, we'd love to know (but totally optional):
Q.4
How many services, on average, do you generally integrate with?
None
1
2
3
4-6
7-10
11+
Q.5
Given, the option, how many services would you like to connect to?
None
1
2
3
4-6
7-10
11+
Just the ones I'm already talking to
Everything, if it were easy
OMFG TOO MANY MAKE THEM STOP
Q.6
What is your biggest headache with 3rd party API integrations?
Q.7
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to scramble to integrate a new service? Tell us about it...
Q.8
Any horror stories you'd love to share about third party integrations?
Q.9
Is there any company out there making your life easier when it comes to API integrations?
That's it, THANK YOU!