Well when you google "CSS Minify" or "JS Minify" it's the top result - so it clearly isn't some low use tool. I just decided to use it for HTML as well. Wasn't "pounding it". The API limits to 30 requests per minute. I made around 50 requests in 3 minutes.
Most local minification packages I tried spit out garbage, so just went with their API. Took a few hours to get a proper package stood up (the one I mentioned above).
I'd generally just assume that if you're injecting tracking/ analytics into an output you'd tell folks. As they didn't mention it, thought I'd just alert folks. Not sure why you're so outraged I mentioned this is happening.
Flabbergasted this idea made it's way into a real app, and flabbergasted this post made it's way onto the front page of HN.
You went through great lengths here to make sure everyone knows a random for-funsies "API" from a random google result doesn't behave like you expected it, complete with the multi-tweet write-up and everything.
Looking at what Toptal does, it seems glaringly obvious this "API" was setup for interview coding questions - nothing more.
You've drug this company's name and reputation through the mud, right onto the front page of HN. All over a misunderstanding on your part, as we all now know (Cloudflare doing what Cloudflare does and all...), and a misconfiguration on the web admin's part (missing page rule apparently).
I'll leave it at that... but perhaps your post/thread should be updated to indicate this company is in fact not doing what you have accused them of.
Most local minification packages I tried spit out garbage, so just went with their API. Took a few hours to get a proper package stood up (the one I mentioned above).
I'd generally just assume that if you're injecting tracking/ analytics into an output you'd tell folks. As they didn't mention it, thought I'd just alert folks. Not sure why you're so outraged I mentioned this is happening.