When we have a hammer, all problems resemble nails.
APIs are the kingpins of the Web. It’s enough to simply excel in the art of their development so we...
DX, API Design & Documentation
Best practices on Developer experience and Developer portal, API design principles and API documentation methodologies
How To Solve Microservices Contracts Issues With These 3 Strategies
Microservice applications grow in complexity as the number of services grows. This is something I’ve seen time and again as...
COVID-19 Data and Information
When it comes to coping with the stressful world unfolding around us I like to lose myself in my work....
API Links For Every UI Element
I’ve showcased ClokudFlare's approach making their API available as part of their user interface several times now. It is a...
Secrets and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Across Our API Definitions
As API providers and consumers we tend to have access to a significant amount of credentials, keys, tokens, as...
How to Measure Developer Success
In most companies the ultimate measure of success is if you’re growing and/or making money. For developer-first platforms that can...
Help Defining 13 of the AsyncAPI Protocol Bindings
I have been evolving my definition of what my API toolbox covers, remaining focused on HTTP APIs, but also make...
Looking at Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Reminds Me that the API Economy is Just Getting Started
I am neck deep in the expansion of what I consider to be my API toolbox, and I have been spending...
I Think We Will Have To Embrace Chaos With the Future of APIs
I like studying APIs. I like to think about how to do APIs well. I enjoy handcrafting a fully fleshed...
How should you handle API change management?
As part of co-operation with apidays conferences, and apidays Helsinki 2020, a joint online event was held in collaboration with...
Importance of API Approval Workflows in the Path to API Governance
APIs are taking over every vertical out there with its standards, reusability and simplicity that is required to operate in...
The State of Simple CRUD API Creation
With all the talk of APIs you think it would be easier to publish a simple Create, Read, Update, and...
Deploy, Publish or Launch An API?
I’m always fascinated by the words we use to describe what we do in a digital world. One dimension of...
API Security – How to send signed/encrypted payloads?
As part of co-operation with apidays conferences, and apidays Helsinki 2020, a joint online event was held in collaboration with...
Polling vs web sockets vs other approaches?
As part of co-operation with apidays conferences, and apidays Helsinki 2020, a joint online event was held in collaboration with...
Can we have APIs with different data models in the same marketplace?
As part of co-operation with apidays conferences, and apidays Helsinki 2020, a joint online event was held in collaboration with...
How to discover public and private-sector APIs?
As part of co-operation with apidays conferences, and apidays Helsinki 2020, a joint online event was held in collaboration with...
A Dynamic Salesforce REST API Postman Collection Builder Collection
I have been working on developing new ways to make the Salesforce API more accessible and easier to onboard with...
The Fundamentals: Deploying APIs From Your Databases
You know, I tend to complain about a lot of things across the API space while focusing on the damage...
How to start an API program using APIOps Cycles method
Starting out or switching gears with an organizations API program or any transformation program is not a task to take on lightly. I have discovered this multiple times during all the 20 years I have worked with strategy, management, organizational change, architecture and APIs. When I was working at a big retailer and after that as a consultant and strategic transformation "agent" in a large ICT consulting company, I noticed some problems. I worked with internal teams and multi-vendor external teams. I was successful with the teams I worked with...