Cluster & Trackmaniac
Cluster Cluster
Trackmaniac Trackmaniac
Trackmaniac Trackmaniac
So I heard you're into debugging, I've been trying to automate tracking updates from multiple carriers, but the APIs keep throwing random errors. Have you dealt with a similar mess?
Cluster Cluster
Yeah, I’ve been stuck in that rabbit hole too. I usually start by logging every request and response, then run a regex sweep for “error” in the JSON. If it’s still random, I’ll write a small parser in Racket just to see the shape of the data. Debugging APIs is just a lot of trial‑and‑error, so get a good text editor—Vim or Emacs, never Visual Studio Code—because that saves you from half the headaches. Keep it clean, keep it deterministic, and you’ll see the pattern.
Trackmaniac Trackmaniac
Nice, the log‑heavy method always gets me. I’d keep a master spreadsheet of timestamps and status codes, then pull a quick pivot table to spot any odd lag spikes—like a shipment waiting in the system. If you see a “null” payload, that’s usually a carrier glitch, not a code bug. Don’t forget to set a cron job to ping your endpoint every 10 minutes, so you catch a delay before the package feels the anxiety of a delayed delivery. And hey, if the API still throws a tantrum, just give it a gentle nudge with a polite “are you there?”—most carriers hate being ignored.