Opinion

The API Middle-End

If a frontend provides a user interface, a backend handles the logic and accesses the data, what does a middle-end do?

Dec 5 •

Non-technical API Design Should Be Possible

Why aren’t most API Design tools helping non-technical people?

Nov 15 •

Orphan, Shadow, and Zombie APIs

Why do we use such complicated terminology when referring to API states?

Nov 2 •

Mediating Interactions Between AI and APIs

How can AI agents interact seamlessly with third-party APIs?

Oct 18 •

Why Everyone Imitates the OpenAI API

OpenAI's market dominance made its API the archetype of what competitors want to offer.

Sep 20 •

API Complexity Is a Lie

How some businesses live off API complexity while others sell simplicity.

Sep 8 •

Common Risks Associated with APIs

If running an API can help your business grow, why are there so many risks?

Aug 23 •

The Missing Link between AI and APIs

What is still missing from AI systems to efficiently connect to and use APIs?

Jul 30 •

Deactivating an API, One Step at a Time

How do you make sure all consumers stop using an API so you can safely deactivate it?

Jul 5 •

Where Is My OpenAPI?

OpenAPI could make consuming APIs so much easier if definition documents were easily accessible.

Jun 17 •

API Governance Delivers Quality

The ultimate purpose of API Governance is to improve the quality of what it governs.

May 25 •

Using APIs.json to Create a Catalog of APIs

What is missing for APIs.json to take off as the standard for publishing API catalogs?

May 6 •

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