http://simonwillison.net/2009-06-09T10:52:38+00:00Simon Willison2009-06-09T10:52:38+00:002009-06-09T10:52:38+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jun/9/twitpocalypse/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/06/09/the-twitpocalypse-is-near-will-your-twitter-client-survive/">The Twitpocalypse is Near: Will Your Twitter Client Survive?</a></strong></p> Twitter tweet IDs will shortly tick over past the maximum signed 32 bit integer, potentially breaking applications. I learnt this lesson when the same thing happened to Flickr photo IDs: never store numeric IDs from external systems as integers, always use strings. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apis">apis</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flickr">flickr</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ids">ids</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/maxint">maxint</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/twitter">twitter</a></p>