Demos using the WordPress REST API stopped functioning due to a failed infrastructure migration and loss of access. This situation raises concerns about the long-term availability of educational demos that depend on third-party services. Maintaining demos effectively requires examining and breaking reliance on external dependencies. Techniques from software testing, such as minimizing reliance on external APIs, can make demos more resilient. The issue of dependency management is a central concern for sustaining the functionality of demos over time.
To ensure demos stay available, creators need to consider how dependency management affects their effectiveness and longevity. Relying on third-party services without control poses a risk.
External dependencies in demos can be mitigated by decoupling them from the services they rely on. This approach increases the resilience of educational tools in the face of infrastructure failures.
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