It has been a busy week. Every six months my team gets together in one location to do a deep dive on the big issues: things like "What are upcoming technologies we should consider?", "How can we more effectively train teams?", and, the greatest, "How

Surprising to no one that reads this newsletter, we live in a world influenced by algorithms. Access to those algorithms, however, is changing. Knowledgeable professionals, in an open source world, could inspect the programmatic work and assess impact. But, as the Stephen O'Grady note from last week mentioned,

It has been a strange fall and winter season in the DC metro area: nothing but rain, rain, and more rain. But I can't let the seasonally odd weather dampen my mood. There's API notes to get to! NOTES OPTIMIZING FOR THE SPEED OF LIGHT Darrel

COAST TO COAST, DESIGN FOR MOST Last week I was in San Francisco. This week? New York City. This year has gotten off to a hectic start. Despite this, however, I continue to try and play with as many API approaches as possible. I recently had the chance to dig

This week's milestone has me in a bit of a contemplative mood, so let's get to something a bit different. MILESTONES Wednesday, on their blog, the CA API Academy announced a "new beginning". While the current lineup (newsletter regulars Matt McLarty, Ronnie Mitra, Mike

New year, new name! As I mentioned before the holiday break, the API landscape is changing. Therefore, the time seemed right to do a name refresh for REST API Notes. 'Web APIs' is used some places, like in this excellent Mike Ralphson piece". However, after I mentioned

What a year 2018 has been! The wider world has been "turbulent" (which is probably putting it mildly). But in the API space, I continue to see strong growth and new adoption. That reality is reflected in this little newsletter's numbers: * 43% YOY growth in subscribers

Like many folks on "the socials", I spent the week drinking from the firehose that was APIDays, Paris. The event was attended by over 3000+ API practitioners, vendors, and ne'er-do-wells. It also filled up a bunch of browser tabs that I'm still picking my

December is off to a busy start! I had a business trip last week and my go-bag for this week is at my feet as I type this. I'm leaving the country for a bit, so all the more reason to get this edition of the REST API

If you're in the United States, this email probably finds you either in transit or in preparation (or both!) for the Thanksgiving holiday. It is a time that is associated with indulgent shopping, strained family conversations, and overeating while the Detroit Lions find less entertaining ways to lose.