The Perils of Platforms Becoming Plumbing
This year, the rash of cost optimization and benefit rationalization conversations happening across industries has platform owners on their heels. So I made a presentation about it.
Matthew Reinbold
Standards Evangelization Isn't Optional
Writing the API standard is the easy part. Defending it when the first tough questions hit? That’s the real test.
This piece includes the story of a working group that stumbled when faced with legitimate pushback, and what they could have done instead.
Net API Notes for 2025/08/28, Issue 254
The Indie API Forecasting Your Future
Dark Sky is gone. NOAA continues to be cut. And yet, one guy rebuilt a weather API used by 40K+ devs & 80M+ requests/month *in his spare time*.
This is a story about resilience, infrastructure, and kindness as punk rock.
Net API Notes for 2025/07/15, Issue 253
APIs Aren't Pipes (and That's a Good Thing)
Net API Notes for 2025/06/18, Issue 252
Speedrun: API Governance - A TTRPG Thought Experiment
Net API Notes for 2025/05/13, Issue 251
On MCP and Knowing When to Care
Net API Notes for 2025-04-29, Issue 250
API Product Strategy: More Than Just a Feature Roadmap
Net API Notes for 2025/03/13, Issue 249
Trends Suggested by 2024 API Job Listings
Net API Notes for 2025/02/11, Issue 248
API Governance: It's Not About the Technology - Solving API's Collective Action Problem
Net API Notes for 2024/12/03, Issue 247
A Season of Change: Unlocking ¡APIcryphal! for All
Net API Notes for 2024/10/24, Issue 246