bit off is an occassional weblog written by Jan Vlnas.

• LinkedIn's New Posts API: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

  Published on April 1, 2023

  The nice and not-so-nice parts of LinkedIn's new, versioned Content APIs.

• Is Twitter API Free? I've built a website to find out

  Published on February 8, 2023

  A single-serving site for checking the status of Twitter API paywall.

• Exploring Pocket API: Authorization

  Published on January 18, 2023

  Dive into the Pocket's OAuth-but-not-quite authorization flow.

• Lightweight Forms Validation in React

  Published on August 11, 2022

  How to use native HTML forms validation in React and customize the validation messages.

• Saying Goodbye to Reading.am

  Published on June 30, 2022

  Back in 2012 I have discovered a small social network. Now, after 10 years and over 5700 links posted, it's going away.