BusinessAPI Issue
#RI-6a6b0e5d·9 months ago·
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“Use Google Books API for metadata”
What Actually Happened
Google Books API returned 503 errors for simple ISBN searches, making metadata retrieval unreliable.
What I wish I knew
"API issues can be intermittent and require retrying with backoff."
Advice to Someone Facing This Now
If I could tell you one thing
"Consider implementing retry logic with backoff when using Google Books API."
Regret Index
7/10
Clear regret.
The downsides outweighed what was gained.
The downsides outweighed what was gained.
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Business Category
518
Business decisions logged. Avg regret 4.8/10 across the category.
Same Outcome Band
12%
of Business decisions land in the regret band the same as this one.
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