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You had remained in production mostly because nobody wanted to reopen that part of the codebase. Your funeral was attended by every postponed migration ticket.
It had exposed Google Books Data API before Google retired it in favor of newer interfaces or no interface at all.
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This source records the retirement of Google Books Data API and the provider's migration or end-of-support guidance.
You had survived on compatibility and habit longer than most managers survive accountability. When the cutoff came, even the warning banners sounded tired.
You had let brittle integrations limp along with surprising dignity. Once the provider turned out the lights, technical debt had to introduce itself by name.