There are a few things in thought-garden that aren't quite ripe for harvest. While I continue to weed and water those, let's pluck a few choice bits from the internet to share. NOTES FIVE COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT APIS Erik Wilde, as a recent addition to the

Well, well, well. Uber mentions they're abandoning microservices in favor of "macroservices". As you might expect, the internet has thoughts. NOTES As I wrote about during Monzo's microservice kerfuffle, microservices have become a Rorschach test for people's architectural faith. Ardent devotees continue

Like many folks sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, I've been watching a fair amount of streaming video. Thankfully, there's many thoughtful and entertaining clips. To the notes! NOTES ARE MICROSERVICES A GOOD CHOICE FOR STARTUPS? Sam Newman, an author of multiple microservice books, has

I usually do the in-person meetups and conferences at the end of the newsletter. However, due to the number of pandemic-related cancellations, shelter-in-place orders, and future uncertainty, I thought I'd address it at the top. Gluecon postponed their event to October. Nordic APIs announced they were postponing their

If open rates are anything to go by, people are preoccupied at the moment. I don't blame them. However, if you're interested in a bit of distraction while studying the nuances of distributed systems, I've got another collection of notes for you! NOTES '

Putting together the newsletter this week was a challenge. It's not so much that it has been a slow week; there have been slow weeks before. Answering questions, pontificating on the industry, or cribbing from Phil Sturgeon's twitter feed has never been an issue. What is

After a couple of busy weeks, the bin of potential inclusions is overflowing! Let's begin addressing the backlog with this collection of notes! NOTES DANIEL BRYANT AND THE ULTIMATE SERVICE MESH GUIDE If you've heard of service meshes but remain unclear about what they are or

Happy Valentines Day! What started out as a newsletter light on linked romance turned into a love letter to API security. C'est la vie. To the notes! NOTES SHOULD I USE MICROSERVICES? In my look-ahead 2018 newsletter, I described how we were fast approaching "peak microservices"

This week I had the pleasure of presenting the DC Web API meetup group. Increasingly, talks that I give contains multitudes; pairing down all the possible tangents to a single, straightforward path is a challenge. "Why AI Success is Built on APIs" was no different. I hope to

At my 'day job', I've been busy with year-end/year-beginning performance reporting. I thought that I'd take it easy by doing a mailbag roundup. However, that turned out to be more involved than trolling the internet! As they say where I'm from,