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This episode features highlighted clips from every episode in Season 3.
In this episode, friend of the show Stephen Fishman drops by to talk with Mike and Matt about the influence Tim O'Reilly had on Jeff Bezos issuing the famous "API Mandate" at Amazon. They discuss an O'Reilly blog post from 2002, including what insights it provides for API consumer and providers today. Resources: Tim O'Reilly blog on Amazon APIs - https://web.archive.org/web/20020802192606/http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1707 O'Reilly quoted in Amazon 2002 press release - https://press.aboutamazon.com/2002/7/amazon-com-launches-web-services-developers-can-now-incorporate-amazon-com-content-and-features-into-their-own-web-sites-extends-welcome-mat-for-developers O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference 2002 Agenda - https://web.archive.org/web/20020802060010/http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/etcon/notes O'Reilly JavaOne keynote (Page 1 of 6) - https://web.archive.org/web/20020618063515/http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/06/09/java_keynote.html?page=1 Steve Yegge Rant - https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611 Yegge video explaining the rant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GL7gykr1ZE&t=1933s Bezos' book recommendations from the back of “The Everything Store” - https://fs.blog/jeff-bezoss-reading-list/
In this episode, Rina Sarkar and Sara Horsfall join Mike and Matt to share their experiences launching the IQVIA API Marketplace. Topics include the business drivers behind the marketplace, considerations for designing API that drive consumption and positive developer experience, pricing models, as well as diving deep on IQVIA's Natural Language Processing (NLP) APIs. For more information, check out the NLP APIs here: iqvia.com/nlp-apis
In this episode, George Mitry of Discover Financial® joins Mike and Matt talk to impart wisdom on API strategy in a number of areas. He shares the role APIs play in transforming a company into a product organization, the importance of taxonomies for creating an evolvable architecture,and the distinction between microservices and APIs. Read George's API strategy series here: The Iceberg of API Strategy - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/iceberg-api-strategy-george-mitry/ APIs & Microservices: Different Concepts, Distinct Investment - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/apis-microservices-different-concepts-distinct-investment-mitry/ The Beginning of Wisdom in API Management - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beginning-wisdom-api-management-george-mitry/ And learn more about Discover's transformation here from CIO Amir Arooni: https://medium.com/tech-discover/the-runway-mission-80-000-feet-5f692927175a
In this episode, Mike and Matt talk to Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, authors of the landmark book Team Topologies. They cover the primary constraints of Team Topologies, as well as how they are being used in practice by countless organizations around the globe. For more information on Team Topologies... Website: https://teamtopologies.com/ Academy: https://academy.teamtopologies.com/ Upcoming book by Susanne Kaiser: https://www.pearson.com/en-ca/subject-catalog/p/adaptive-systems-with-domain-driven-design-wardley-mapping-and-team-topologies-architecture-for-flow/P200000000359/9780137393039
In this episode, Mike and Matt are joined by Mentrix Group founder Diana Montalion. They discuss the relationship between APIs, software architecture, and non-linear thinking, as well as the most powerful ways that non-linear, systems, and pattern thinking can be applied in the context of digital transformation. Learn more about Mentrix Group here: https://mentrixgroup.com/ Subscribe to Diana's newsletter here: https://mentrixgroup.com/from-software-to-systems/
In this episode, Mike and Matt discuss Mike's new book: RESTful Web API Patterns & Practices Cookbook. They cover lessons from the web age including key pioneers, API styles, considerations around client and developer experiences, as well as hypermedia APIs and the Hyper CLI tool Mike created for the book. RESTful Web API Patterns & Practices Cookbook on the web: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/restful-web-api/9781098106737/
In this episode, Mike and Matt discuss the remarkable life and work of Claude Shannon, inventor of Information Theory, and pioneer of the digital age. They look at how Shannon's work laid the foundation for digital computing, how his personality and environment informed his work, and what lessons can be applied in a modern API context. For more on Shannon... The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood - https://www.around.com/the-information/ A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Mind-at-Play/Jimmy-Soni/9781476766690 A Mathematical Theory of Communication, Claude Shannon - https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entropy/entropy.pdf
In this episode, Sean Falconer and Harsh Karmarkar of skyflow.com join Mike and Matt to discuss the importance of data privacy, techniques to balance data privacy and utility, and the role APIs play in this ecosystem. More on the data privacy/data utility dichotomy: https://info.skyflow.com/how-fintech-companies-can-break-the-false-dichotomy-of-data-privacy-versus-data-utility?utm_source=radiomulesoft&utm_medium=podcast
In this episode, friend of the show Stephen Fishman joins to discuss how organizations can measure progress on their digital transformations, and why it's so important. He covers where to start, how to design good metrics, and the role APIs can play.
In this episode, Matt and Mike explore the new ways companies are using automation to digitally transform their businesses, they dissect the "hyperautomation" domain, and discuss the role APIs play in enabling automation.
In this episode, Mia Jordan--former federal CIO and now Digital Transformation Executive at Salesforce--joins Mike and Matt to discuss the most pertinent digital trends in public sector and the transformational role APIs are playing.
In this episode, Mia Jordan--former federal CIO and now Digital Transformation Executive at Salesforce--joins Mike and Matt to discuss the most pertinent digital trends in public sector and the transformational role APIs are playing.
In this episode, Barb MacLean of Celero joins Mike and Matt to give a window into the Canadian community banking and credit union landscape, and the impact that digital transformation, open banking, and APIs are playing.
In this episode, Merge API co-founders Shensi Ding and Gil Feig join Mike and Matt to talk about the unified API approach to integration, the importance of consumer-driven API product design, the challenges of supporting privacy needs and multiple providers, and many more topics.
In this episode, global API community leader and writer Matthew Reinbold joins to share his experience on using APIs to deal with complexity, as well as the attributes of high performing API organizations. Check out Matthew's Net API Notes newsletter here: http://tinyletter.com/NetAPINotes
In this inaugural episode of Season 3, Mike Amundsen and Matt McLarty share bold predictions on the world of APIs in 2022. They cover topics ranging from GraphQL to AI to API security to APIs in the C suite.
This episode includes highlights from all episodes in Season 2 of the API Unplugged podcast.
In this episode, Shanae Chapman--CEO and Founder of Nerdy Diva--joins Mike and Matt to discuss the importance of designing inclusion and representation into APIs and API teams.
In this episode, Naisan Geula of Tableau join Mike and Matt to explore the role of data in digital transformation, its intersection with APIs, and the conditions needed for organization's to maximize its value.
In this episode, Saurabh Sahni and Taylor Singletary of Slack share their experiences and best practices for designing APIs and building developer communities.
In this episode, Vicki Reyzelman and John Wood of Salesloft join Mike and Matt to share their experiences managing privacy and trust in a highly-integrated B2B ecosystem.
In this episode, Mike and Matt discuss the innovation and growing adoption event-driven APIs. They discuss scenarios, patterns, and protocols of event-driven APIs and asynchronous communication.
In this episode, Mike & Matt are joined by Surbhi Rathore, CEO and co-founder of Symbl (symbl.ai), a company offering API-enabled conversational intelligence for developers. Surbhi describes how Symbl's ML-driven services are being embedded into real time user experiences through APIs, the role APIs play in the Symbl's ML pipeline, and techniques Symbl is using to drive developer engagement.
In this episode, Mike and Matt dig beneath the headlines of some of the most popular memes in the API industry. They examine Conway's Law, "Software is eating the world", "Smart endpoints and dumb pipes", and the Bezos Mandate to see where these legendary thoughts came from, what was intended, and what may have been overlooked.
In this episode, Mike & Matt are joined by Fara Ashiru Jituboh, the co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Okra, Africa's API for financial info. Fara shares her experiences and insights on the digital business ecosystem in Nigeria, the importance of developer experience, and Okra's place in helping the African digital economy thrive.
Virginia Liu is SVP of Marketing & Ecosystems at Agora, a provider of real-time engagement solutions whose core products are APIs. Virginia joins Mike & Matt to share Agora's vision and scaling approach, along with best practices around building digital ecosystems and working with developers as customers.
Leslie Wright, API Center for Enablement Manager at Truist Bank, shares her experience launching and leading Truist's C4E. She provides great insights, lessons learned, and best practices on API strategy, API programs, and how to bring lasting change at a large organization through APIs.
Ronnie Mitra and Irakli Nadareishvili, authors of the recently published "Microservices Up and Running" stop by to share the most important lessons from the book, and reflect on their experiences implementing microservices and APIs.
Diebold Nixdorf API Product Manager Bruce Diesel joins Mike and Matt to examine the role that APIs are playing and can play in the complex world of financial services. Bruce relates the power of applying an engineering mindset to the software space, covering topics from digital disruption to the future of ATMs to predictions on the impacts of cryptocurrency.
In this episode, Dr. Jean Yang--founder and CEO of Akita Software--joins Mike and Matt to discuss how APIs can be used to understand, visualize, and manage complex software systems. She gives details on her computer science background, and how that has informed her work in enterprise software engineering.
This episode continues where the last episode left off. David Berlind, Editor-in-Chief of ProgrammableWeb, joins Matt and Mike for a round table of questions as they look at what's ahead in the world of APIs for 2021. In this part 2 of 2, the three of them explore the "post-REST" world of APIs, dig into API discovery, and discuss whether microservices are dead.
In this episode, David Berlind, Editor-in-Chief of ProgrammableWeb, joins Matt and Mike for a round table of questions as they look at what's ahead in the world of APIs for 2021. In this part 1 of 2, the three of them explore API risks, low code/no code and RPA, as well as the convergence of big data and APIs.
This episode looks back on Season 1 of the APIs Unplugged. Mike and Matt reflect on highlights from each episode, featuring special guests from all over the global API community.
In this episode, Jeff Sussna, author of Designing Delivery (O'Reilly), joins Matt and Mike to share his experiences helping organizations implement best practices for digital service delivery. He discusses promise theory, value charting, and the role APIs play in the digital ecosystem.
In this episode, Tiffany Xingyu Wang--Chief Strategy Officer at Spectrum Labs--explains how Spectrum is using machine learning to help companies manage disruptive interactions, and the role that APIs play. She provides expertise in a wide range of areas, from API launch strategies to the ML model lifecycle to investment trends in the API economy.
In this episode, MuleSoft Product Leader Sanjna Verma shares her experience as a key member of the Salesforce, MuleSoft, and Tableau team that designed, developed, and delivered the Salesforce COVID-19 Data Platform.
In this episode, Gail Frederick--SVP Engineering of Developer Experience at Salesforce--relates insights, experiences, and opinions on how to cater to developers as customers, and how to work with developers to get that work done.
In this episode, Christine Spang of Nylas relates the experience of founding an API product company. She gives tips and lessons learned on product strategy, developer experience, and balancing product vision with user feedback.
In this episode, Baljeet Malhotra of Teejlab looks at API discovery through the lens of risk management. He covers the risks that API consumers should look out for, and the ways API providers can help mitigate them.
In this episode, API business lead David Timby shares his experiene working in a B2B digital ecosystem at StubHub, where APIs provided the mechanism to connect sports leagues, teams, ticket brokers, and other event stakeholders.
In this episode, Lou Powell--Partner and Business Lead for API Enablement at ProKarma--provides insights based on his work with organizations implementing API strategies. He shares the background on his newly-introduced concept of "API IQ (Interface Quadrant)" as well.
In this episode, Claire Barrett--Director at APIsfirst Consulting--articulates the most important ingredients organizations need for a sustainably successful API program, and also details the Women in APIs program she is leading.
In this episode, Mike Amundsen and Matt McLarty examine the business models of API ecosystems using the concepts of value networks, value exchange, and value engineering.
In this episode, Shelby Switzer (US Digital Service) provides guidance on how APIs can be used to make a difference in the civic technology space based on her extensive experience as an API activist. She discusses approaches for healthcare, government, along with open data and open source.
In this episode, Stephen Fishman (Regional VP of Customer Success Architecture at MuleSoft) shares his thoughts and tips on how APIs can be designed, developed, and managed as products. He gives practical guidance and describes methods that organizations can use to engage effectively in the API economy.
In this episode, Lorinda Brandon (Director of Engineering at Twilio) joins to discuss her experience working at one of the world's foremost "API-as-a-product" companies. She shares practical insights on Twilio's product management, organizational practices, as well as info on how Twilio is using internal APIs to integrate their SendGrid acquisition.
In this episode, Mike Amundsen and Matt McLarty discuss the most important business and organizational trends and patterns emerging in 2020, from the digital supply chain to "pioneers, settlers, and town planners".
In this episode, Mike Amundsen and Matt McLarty discuss the technology trends they see emerging in 2020, from API descriptions and definitions to event-based interactions and GraphQL.
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