At my company we have a bunch of content that&#x27;s only archived on SoundCloud. The main barrier I&#x27;ve had to backing up original uploads (only available through the web interface) is the terrible reliability of all the AJAX calls. Even with browser automation, it requires a LOT of error-handling just to navigate between resources successfully.<p>It seems that all these microservices[1] are there for the sake of blogging about using microservices[2] as there haven&#x27;t been any new significant new features delivered in years, and the whole application now seems to be delivered through AJAX calls.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.soundcloud.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;building-products-at-soundcloud-part-3-microservices-in-scala-and-finagle" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.soundcloud.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;building-products-at-...</a>
[2]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;philcalcado.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;08&#x2F;how_we_ended_up_with_microservices.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;philcalcado.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;08&#x2F;how_we_ended_up_with_micro...</a>