Detecting Breaking Changes Across API Versions
API governance is still very much mired in the design phase of evolution, focused on the consistency in design of...
Beyond API Design Governance and Moving Towards Operational API Governance
When you talk about API governance, 90% of the people you encounter will assume you mean the governance of a...
Why I Pay Attention to APIs
It is that time again. Time to remind myself, and anyone who reads this, why it is that I pay...
You Are API-First
I am really struggling on a number of calls lately with people at companies who are doing really interesting things...
Being Transparent By Default and Over Communicating When Doing API Specifications
I forget what a great vehicle API Evangelist for sub-tweeting conversations that I see occurring across the API universe. I...
Needing Inspiration to Care About APIs?
I always enjoy when I have the opportunity to light up someones imagination when it comes to APIs. I have...
Some Thoughts on API Governance
API governance is a massive subject that takes regular work to make sense of and to be able to successfully...
API Management to API Gateway and Beyond
It has been a while since I stepped back to assess the world of API management. API Evangelist was founded on the premise of studying and understanding API management, so it makes sense after a decade to spend a moment thinking deeply about the circus tent we have called API management. I will be working with my partner in crime in the Postman Open Technology (OT) group Kevin Swiber to really make sense of this subject over the next year, but to help guide our efforts I wanted to take...
Starting Simple in the Overwhelming World of API Governance
The world of API governance can be pretty overwhelming when it comes to trying to figure out where to get...
Core Strengthening API Governance
When I engage with folks around API governance it inevitably centers around design governance applied at design time—focusing as far...
The Evolution of API Documentation
One area of the API lifecycle that I struggle with helping folks understand the evolution of, is documentation. This fundamental...
What Are the Rules of API Design Governance?
I am iterating upon some API design governance collections and an essential element of two of these collections are the linting rules....
A Mix of Blueprints for the API Lifecycle
I am been doing a lot of research into what the API lifecycle can be, pulling together what I’ve gathered...
What Is HTTPBin and What Can You Do with the API?
I recently became the owner of the request and response service HTTPBin. I am in exploratory mode regarding what is needed...
The Data Agency Registry
I have had a side project going with Pascal Heus , my partner in data crime over at Metadata Technology North America (MTNA)...
The API Lifecycle for New or Active APIs
One of the limitations of the recent research I have been doing around the API lifecycle is that the lifecycle begins...
Seeing API Change
The API landscape within any enterprise organization is ever changing and evolving, and with APIs being such an abstract and...
Different Types of API Infrastructure All Working in Concert
Different Types of API Infrastructure All Working in Concert 21 Jun 2021 API is a pretty catch all acronym for...
Business-First API Design and Development
I spend a lot of time thinking about API-first design and development, where you craft an OpenAPI definition, mock, document,...
Aligning the API Specification Contribution Process Across OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and GraphQL
Mike Ralphson (@permittedsoc) suggested that the OAI follow AsyncAPIs lead when it comes to adopting a GraphQL like approach to...