Matthew Reinbold

Hello everyone! If there was anything that I learned from my recent paternity leave, it is that the impactful API news doesn't slow for anything. Events early this year have brought discussion of the API Economy, and its ramifications, to the fore. THE API ECONOMY At the beginning

Most merriest of Christmases, happiest of holidays, and/or grandest of new year well-wishes to you! I hope that you've been able to find time to relax and reflect during this past season. Today starts another busy, new day to a new year. In the world of RESTful

Greetings all! Today is a special day. In Austin, TX three days of API discussion, debate, and debacles is about to get underway at the API Strategy and Practice conference. As is often the case with these sort of events, I'll be unable to attend in person. However,

Hello and welcome to another edition of RESTful API Notes. As expected, people are shaking off their summer frivolities and settling back into work. As a result, we get a fresh batch of tasty industry treats to share. REST FEST RECAP For the last several years, the humble town of

Hello again! I hope everyone had a chance to squeeze every last drop of sunshine from these waning days of summer. The final vacations and tawny lawns of August have given way to packed school lunches and looming leaf avalanches. Personally, I've moved my family across the country,

HAPPY APICRAFT DAY! Today marks the beginning of the wonderful three day yearly unconference held in Detroit. While I, sadly, can't be there in person, I'll be camping their hashtag ( #apicraft ) and watching for emerging themes and referential work. Speaking of referential work, let's

Last week many within the API community were pleasantly surprised by the Amazon API Gateway. Promising to provide a "scalable" and "secure" entry point for API services, many (me included), instantly assumed this was Amazon's entry into 'API Management'. Amazon's

Hello, hello, hello! Another day, another airport! Thankfully, security was hyper efficient (and I'm paranoid about arriving early) so I have just enough time to dash off another quick copy of my RESTful API Notes! DOCUMENT YOUR API... WITH CATS Sometimes a little sugar helps the medicine go

In North America, summer is in full swing. That means that the pools are open, the temperatures are beginning to sore, and scheduling around vacations is a challenge. What hasn't changed, however, is the constant stream of RESTful API information. There's been a tremendous amount of

In each REST API Notes I usually try to highlight no more than three of the best links from the prior week. Every once and awhile, however, something comes along that is so worthwhile that it warrants having an entire correspondence focused on it. Last week, Mike Amundsen - author,