In March, numerous API luminaries have, seemingly, sprung to life. Publishing weekly is infrequent enough to aggregate similar thought while being frequent enough to track emerging thought leadership. Different authors, when they agree, reinforce valuable messages. If they disagree, the contrasting points help the truth stand out in sharp relief.

Slides and preso and blog post, oh my! Here's your weekly, abridged summary of the best thought in the web API space. Let's break it down so I can get back to my whiteboards. :) LESSONS FROM THE NETFLIX PLAY API EVOLUTION First up is a massive,

Back in DC. While the political news leaves much to be desired, good API work abounds. Let's get to it! KRISTOPHER SANDOVAL ON API SECURITY FOR BANKS Kristopher Sandoval, writing on the Nordic APIs blog, has a thorough overview of High-Grade API Security for Banks. Since joining Capital

Having lived on the east coast for the past several years, traveling to the west coast always messes me up. It is only a three hour difference. Yet, here I am, up at 6am Pacific and feeling like I'm already behind. I, honestly, don't know how

At the end of last year, Pakal De Bonchamp published an article, "REST is the new SOAP". I see a fair amount of these hamfisted takedowns with click-baity titles when scouring the web. The approach I've adopted is, largely, to ignore them. While there might be

Last week, the API Days 2018 Conference was held in Paris. While I couldn't attend in person, I dutifully collected the best info coming from that event to share. Here, in no particular order, are the highlights from the conference. ERIK WILDE, SURFING THE WEB CONCEPTS I'

Last week, I took a stab at guessing what 2018 might have in store. I cited what appears to be a growing counter-narrative against microservices. I also mentioned we'd take this week to use Steward Brand's Pace Layer Thinking as a scalpel for separating tech fashion

Back at it! I hope everyone was able to take some time at the end of 2017 to rest, relax, and recharge. While on break, I got to tinker with some Raspberry Pi projects, watch some Long Now videos, and build some Lego. I also reviewed the web API year

Good grief. Where did 2017 go? This will be the last REST API Notes for this year. Hopefully we'll all have a well deserved couple weeks off and I'll publish a recap and future outlook piece early next January. Two astute newsletter readers, Tim and David,

Another week, another business trip. I'm currently in Richmond, VA dodging snow flurries in between discussing 2018 strategy. I count myself lucky working with the team I do; there's a pursuit of honest truths (and holding ourselves accountable to find them) that is precious. I'