That’s if their API implementation itself is just bad and underlying DBs aren’t . If they or someone else with bad practices manages the DB you may be in worse situation than before. In general, to me, shared DB is bad because it is hard to not cut corners in such design and ensure that DB owner does not break contract for all consumers. This is basically why APIs created - to guarantee contracts and encapsulate change. But I digress. My point is that it will be your responsibility to ensure schema changes adopted to expected contract. If data is not normalized/structured, like say, it’s JSON then I would stay away.

Does API actually doing anything or it’s pass-through to data source? You could request data feed and build adequate API on your side

My understanding it will strengthen euro making exports less competitive

• I don’t use AI code autocomplete. It was giving me nonsense and interrupts my thought process when I write code. Standard non-AI autocomplete is much better. I tried to use chat to generate medium size logic (up to 100 lines). Mostly it does not work or refining prompt takes more time than writing code myself so I stopped using it for medium sized tasks. I use it for small tasks up to 20 lines where I need an example of how to use specific API. What it does well is generating test cases (not tests themselves). I once tried to summarize set of made up requirements (can elaborate if anyone interested in), it instantly gave me idea of how far we are from AGI as it failed miserably.
• I do not consider for my usage since I use it maybe once-twice a week on average. But generally, I think it’s a huge waste of resources, not only natural but financial and human
• Claude 4 sonnet at work. Mistral for personal curiosity episodes
• I already covered work part. For personal, mostly “searching” random info I couldn’t find via DDG or offloading social rituals such as congratulations