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Ep 55Anvil is the Data Company that makes PDFs a breeze

Mang-Git Ng on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manggit/Anvil - https://www.useanvil.com/Anvil on GitHub - https://github.com/anvilcoAnvil on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@useanvilAnvil on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@useanvilAnvile on Insta - https://www.instagram.com/useanvil/spectaql - docs generation: https://github.com/anvilco/spectaql Anvil is Hiring: Wellfound/Angellist: https://wellfound.com/company/useanvilBuild vs Buy Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/68VESxJNOw2GDP8Lcq8bdw?si=e5d3927f742744aaCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Mang-Git Ng - Guest Click here to view the episode transcript.

Apr 2, 202629 min

Ep 54Supergood is building unofficial APIs for everything

Supergood.ai - Unofficial APIs, officially maintainedSupergood on githubAlex Klarfeld on [email protected] & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Alex Klarfeld - Guest

Mar 16, 202628 min

Ep 53Building a Sustainable Future in APIs with Kin Lane

Kin Lane - personal websiteAPI EvangelistKin on GitHubKin on Socials: Bluesky Mastodon LinkedInCheck out Kin's Podcast, API Evangelist Conversations (Spotify & Apple Podcasts)Creators & Guests Kin Lane - Guest Phil Sturgeon - Host Click here to view the episode transcript.

Dec 1, 202543 min

Ep 52All about Mocking, with Wiremock's Tom Akehurst

Mocking is one of those things that started out as a simple idea, and has evolved to support an incredible amount of developer use cases over the years. In this episode of the Podcast, Tom from Wiremock chats with Phil about what mocking is, strategies for not littering OpenAPI doc with mocking details, and ways to keep api dev teams empowered by mocking, instead of hampered by it.Wiremockon BlueSky @wiremock.bsky.socialon Mastodon @fosstodon/wiremockon GitHub @wiremock/wiremockCreators & Guests Phil Sturgeon - Host Tom Akehurst - Guest Click here to view the episode transcript.

Jul 1, 202551 min

Ep 49Generating API Specs can be Painful, with Joel Clermont from Mastering Laravel

In this episode of 'APIs You Won't Hate', the Phil discusses API development with Joel Clermont, a prominent member of the Laravel PHP community. They explore different approaches to building APIs, focusing particularly on the debate between code-first and design-first methodologies. Joel shares his experiences and challenges with generating API specifications and expresses his preference for manually writing specs. They also touch on challenges related to auto-generated specs, including the risk of drift between code and documentation. Various tools and strategies for improving API spec accuracy and integration are discussed, highlighting the importance of planning and thorough documentation in API development.Joel Clermontwebsite - joelclermont.comgithub - @joelclermontWhy I don't like generating API specs on Mastering LaravelOpenAPI Overlay spec on GitHubUse OpenAPI Overlays Today from APIs You Won't HateScramble for LaravelCreators & Guests Phil Sturgeon - Host Joel Clermont - Guest

Jul 1, 202527 min

Ep 51Rails APIs and Clickfunnels with Rich Steinmetz

Rich Steinmetz (https://richstone.io/meet-rich)Clickfunnelshttps://clickfunnels.com/Developer portal https://developers.myclickfunnels.com/Bullet Train for Ruby on Rails - https://bullettrain.co/docs/apiSuperScaffolding - https://bullettrain.co/docs/super-scaffolding Hyrum's Law - https://www.hyrumslaw.com/Creators & Guests Rich Steinmetz - Guest

Feb 3, 202538 min

Ep 50Catching up with Phil, Mike, and Alexander

Though we've been working together for a long while, it turns out that Alexander, Phil, and Mike had never all recorded a podcast together before. We caught up to catch up on what everyone's been up to these past few months, to talk APIs, and to gab about the future of this very community. Creators & Guests Phil Sturgeon - Host Mike Bifulco - Host Alexander Karan - Host

Nov 1, 202448 min

Ep 48No more API usage nightmares, with Alex Klarfeld from Supergood.ai

Supergood.aiOSS on githubAlex KlarfeldGitHubLinkedInThreads / TwitterCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Alex Klarfeld - Guest

Aug 15, 202430 min

Ep 47Building an API for Global News with Artem Bugara from Newscatcher

Artem BugaratwitterNewscatcher APIOn GitHub kotartemiy/newscatcherResearch PapersCreators & Guests Artem Bugara - Guest

Jul 31, 202448 min

Ep 46Convince me this is a bad idea: how Mercoa built a platform for accounts Payable

Show notesSandeep DineshLinkedInGitHubTwitterMercoaGitHub - mercoa-financeLinkedIn(00:00) - Sandeep Dinesh from Mercoa (15:57) - Debate me! Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Sandeep Dinesh - Guest

Jul 15, 202438 min

Ep 45Designing the API for building Voice Assistants, with Nikhil Gupta from Vapi

(00:00) - Introduction and Guest Introduction (00:52) - The Future of Voice AI (01:56) - Wapi's Elevator Pitch (03:27) - Challenges and Opportunities in Voice AI (05:11) - Building Voice AI Solutions (11:00) - The Genesis of Wapi (16:39) - API Design and Developer Experience (21:23) - Docker vs Kubernetes: A Developer's Perspective (22:28) - Hello World with Wapi: A Hands-On Experience (23:34) - The Developer Experience: Making APIs Accessible (26:09) - The Future of Dev Tooling with AI (28:43) - Use Cases and Real-World Applications (33:23) - Technical Deep Dive: Building with Node and Kubernetes (37:59) - Team and Future Plans (39:15) - Conclusion and Final Thoughts vapi.aigithubopenapi spectwitterlinkedinblogdocshyperbound.ai - call bots to practice selling(00:00) - Introduction and Guest Introduction (00:52) - The Future of Voice AI (01:56) - Wapi's Elevator Pitch (03:27) - Challenges and Opportunities in Voice AI (05:11) - Building Voice AI Solutions (11:00) - The Genesis of Wapi (16:39) - API Design and Developer Experience (21:23) - Docker vs Kubernetes: A Developer's Perspective (22:28) - Hello World with Wapi: A Hands-On Experience (23:34) - The Developer Experience: Making APIs Accessible (26:09) - The Future of Dev Tooling with AI (28:43) - Use Cases and Real-World Applications (33:23) - Technical Deep Dive: Building with Node and Kubernetes (37:59) - Team and Future Plans (39:15) - Conclusion and Final Thoughts Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Nikhil Gupta - Guest

Jun 17, 202440 min

Ep 44Unkey's Globally Distributed API key generation - with cofounder James Perkins

Unkey: https://unkey.comOSS on GitHub: https://github.com/unkeyed/unkeyJames PerkinsGitHubTwitter (@james_r_perkins)Creators & Guests James Perkins - Guest Mike Bifulco - Host

May 15, 202443 min

Ep 43APIs for websites that don't have APIs, with Suchintan Singh from Skyvern

Skyvern https://www.skyvern.com/Skyvern is Open Source! https://github.com/Skyvern-AI/skyvernLaunch on Y Combinator's site: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/skyvernSuchintan Singh (YC S23) on LinkedInCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Suchintan Singh - Guest

Apr 5, 202438 min

Ep 42Building a unified API on the shoulders of OSS with Robin Guldener from Nango

Robin Guldener from Nango talks to mike about building an open, unified API, the value of building on top of Open Source products, and building a growing product team on this episode of the podcast.Nango.dev - Open, Unified APINango on GitHubRobin Guldener on LinkedInCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Robin Guldener - Guest

Apr 1, 202432 min

Ep 41Building a developer brand and simple API for email, with Zeno Rocha from Resend

Zeno's flash->javascript demo with HTML5, Wormzhttps://zenorocha.github.io/wormz/Zeno Rocha@ZenoRocha on Twitter@zenorocha on Threads Dracula themeReact emailResend.comResend ForwardBroadcasts - marketing emailsBatch email sending - send 100 emails with one API callCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Zeno Rocha - Guest

Mar 15, 202442 min

Ep 40Princess Beef Heavy Industries, Vacuum, Wiretap: API linting & Compliance with Quobix

Quobix - Dave Shanley's site. Code is artdaveshanley/vacuum on GitHub - the world's fastest OpenAPI 3, OpenAPI 2 / Swagger linterwework/speccy on GitHub - Well Spectually 🤓 Enforce quality rules on your OpenAPI 3.0.x specifications.Wire⚡️Tap - is the world’s coolest OpenAPI compliance and testing tool, from QuobixBattle of the API Ratings from APIs You Won't Hate - Dive into a detailed comparison of Trebble's API Insights and Zuplo's Rate my API, exploring their unique approaches to evaluating API design, performance, and securityOpenapi.tools - an Open Source and community-driven list of high-quality, modern tools for OpenAPI from APIs You Won't Hate.

Mar 1, 202455 min

Ep 39Is your API able? With Allan Knabe from Apiable

Apiable is building an API Portal service that helps API teams to create, secure, market, and monetize API products. In this episode of the podcast, Apiable founder Allan Knabe has a chat with Mike Bifulco about building a great api product.Allan KnabeApiable - Every API is a businessCareers at ApiablePirate Weather

Feb 14, 202434 min

Ep 38Redocly, OpenAPI, and learning to Moonwalk with Lorna Jane Mitchell

Lorna Jane Mitchell - lornajane.netRedocly - https://redocly.com/Meet Redocly CLI: The Modern OpenAPI Sidekick OpenAPI 3.1 SpecOpenAPI Moonwalk (4.0 proposed spec)Find great tools for working with OpenAPI at https://openapi.tools

Jan 22, 202448 min

Ep 37Microsoft built Kiota to keep an API with 20,000 endpoints humming

Microsoft Kiota on GitHubDarrel MillerVincent Biret

Jan 15, 202432 min

Ep 36Catching up with Danny Sheridan from Fern

Mike and Danny Sheridan from Fern chat about updates to Fern: client library SDK codegen, and their great new docs site generator tool.Fern - https://buildwithfern.com/Danny Sheridan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheridandanny/Amazon SmithyPalantir ConjureFern OSS on GitHubCohereAPIs You Won't Hate: Make your API IdempotentFern Careers

Nov 15, 202333 min

Ep 35An API to abstract everything, with Roy Pereira from Unified.to

Unified.to - one API to integrate them alltwitter: @unified_apilinkedin: Unified-toRoy Pereira online:[email protected]@roymap on twitterlinkedinUse Promo code APISYOUWONTHATE2023 for 3 free months on Unified's Startup Plan

Jul 13, 20231h 1m

Ep 34Creating world-class API devX with Sagar Batchu from Speakeasy

Sagar Batchujoin speakeasy slackSpeakeasy - SDKs for your API https://speakeasyapi.devjoin betasdks as runtimes - terraformopenapi for chatgptOSSopenapi validatortemplating engineAI release - clippy for your OpenAPI Spec

Jul 1, 202334 min

Ep 33Rich data for every location on Earth, with Ed Freyfogle from OpenCage

OpenCage: Convert coordinates to and from placesOpenCage Client LibrariesEnvironmental CommitmentEd Freyfogle: Cofounder of OpenCage (freyfogle.com, LinkedIn, Mastodon)OpenStreetMapLocalistico - Taking Customers from Search to StorePaper TownsGeoMobmeetupspodcastOpenCage on MastodonCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Ed Freyfogle - Guest

Jun 12, 202344 min

Ep 32Permissions are the gift that keep on giving, with Or Weis from Permit.io

Permit.io - Never Build Permissions AgainOpal - open-source project: Open Policy Administration LayerOr Weis@orweisOr's talk about onboarding and complexity - https://youtu.be/1_Iz0tRQCH4Permit elements - ready-made UI components for user management and access controlFoaz - front-end only authorization

Jun 2, 202346 min

Ep 31No-code APIs and Automation, with Constantin Schreiber from Fastgen

Fastgen - Build scalable backends and automations: Request access to the beta at https://fastgen.com/Fastgen's profile on Y CombinatorYC Winter 23 Batch pageConstantin Schreiber - email: [email protected] - https://www.linkedin.com/in/constantinschreiber/Devs: It's okay to use no-code tools editorial by Mike BifulcoCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Constantin Schreiber - Guest

May 8, 202327 min

Ep 30Analytics for your API, with Steve McDougall from Treblle

Phil and Mike sit down for a chat with Steve McDougall, who has just recently started working in Developer Relations at Treblle, a past sponsor of APIs You Won't Hate.Treblle - Mission Control For Your APIsSteve McDougall on Mastodon: @[email protected] McDougall on twitter: @juststevekingAPI Quality Score https://www.treblle.com/features/api-quality-scoreGreen Software Foundation https://learn.greensoftware.foundation/Current YouTube playlist for API content: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKJBt7aeK3k_v52GHzGgRDwoxWRvweOuARecording of Livestream with Steve & Phil: https://www.youtube.com/live/HxxlSQtsYU8?feature=shareBuilding APIs in Laravel talk at Cambridge PHP: https://youtu.be/CYPLEvJGpPUTesting JSON:API endpoints in Laravel with PestPHP: https://www.juststeveking.uk/blog/testing-json-api-endpoints-with-pestphp/Building APIs in Laravel: https://www.juststeveking.uk/blog/building-apis-in-laravel/Eloquent API calls: https://www.juststeveking.uk/blog/eloquent-api-calls/Interested in sponsoring APIs You Won't Hate? Get in touch!

Apr 19, 202340 min

Ep 29Learnin' about webhooks, with Tom Haconen from Svix

Svix - webhooks as a service - https://svix.comSvix play - https://www.svix.com/play/Svix is hiring engineers - https://www.svix.com/careers/ngrok - https://ngrok.com/Catch Tom Haconen online - [email protected] svix.com/slackCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Tom Hacohen - Guest

Apr 5, 202328 min

Ep 28Jazzed about API client library codegen, with Danny Sheridan from Fern

Fern - Build APIs Twice as fast - https://buildwithfern.com/Fern on GitHub - https://github.com/fern-api/fernFern's Profile with YCombinator - https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fern Danny Sheridan - CEO and cofounder of Fern [email protected] - protobuf codegen utility - https://buf.build/Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Danny Sheridan - Guest

Mar 22, 202333 min

Ep 27Stigg: Infrastructure for pricing models with Anton Zagrebelny

Stigg: https://www.stigg.io/ - API-first pricing and packagingStigg is Hiring: https://jobs.lever.co/stiggFind Anton Zagrebelny onlin: Linkedin - GitHub—Thanks for listening to APIs You Won't HateCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Anzon Zagrebelny - Guest

Mar 7, 202332 min

Ep 26Don't roll your own API Management tools, with Josh Twist from Zuplo

Our guest this episode is Josh Twist, CEO and Co-founder of Zuplo. We chat about Zuplo's history, their developer products and audience, and the complexities of maintaining APIs in small and large companies. We also discuss Zuplo's support for APIs You Won't Hate through their recent sponsorship of https://openapi.tools. Thanks so much to Zuplo for supporting our community!Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Phil Sturgeon - Host joshtwist.eth - Guest

Feb 16, 202355 min

Ep 25Funding Open Source with Dudley Carr from Stack Aid

Stack Aid - https://www.stackaid.us/Dudley Carr - @[email protected]

Jan 23, 202331 min

Ep 24Note-taking tools for devs, with Drew White from Stashpad

Stashpad - https://stashpad.com/Stashpad Discord - https://discord.gg/ScxPxcN9fKDrew White - @drucial

Jan 9, 202331 min

Ep 23API Environmentalism with Alexander Karan of Climate Clever

Mike chats with Alexander Karan, CTO of Climate Clever, where "You can't manage what you don't measure" is a mantra. Climate Clever is an API-first company helping businesses, schools, and homeowners in Australia manage and minimize their carbon footprints. Climate Clever - https://www.climateclever.org/Alexander's recent Article on APIs You Won't Hate: Modern API deployment options in the cloudScope 1 and Scope 2 Inventory Guidance - US EPAAlexander Karan (@alexanderkaran_) on twitterThank you so much to our sponsors:Lob: https://lob.com/careersTreblle: https://treblle.com/apisyoulove

Aug 2, 202241 min

Ep 22An API for APIs with Gil Feig from Merge

On this episode, Mike talks to cofounder of Merge, Gil Feig, about building a service that integrates with many APIs.Find Merge at https://merge.devGil Feig @GilFeigMerge is Hiring!Thank you so much to our sponsors:Lob: https://lob.com/careersTreblle: https://treblle.com/apisyoulove

Jun 1, 202234 min

Ep 21API Data Privacy with Sean Falconer from Skyflow

Mike speaks with Sean Falconer, head of Developer Relations at SkyflowIEEE Conference on Security and PrivacySkyflow blogSean's article on storing SSNsRobinhood data breach Sean's article on Software Engineering Daily, Why Everyone Needs a Data Privacy VaultThank you so much to our sponsors:Lob: https://lob.com/careersTreblle: https://treblle.com/apisyoulove

Apr 30, 202242 min

Ep 20The road to OSS Nirvana

Mike is starting work at Stripe!What the world looks like for Open API and JSON Schema going forward https://json-schema.org/blog/posts/json-schema-joins-the-openjsfMozilla's 2020 LayoffsWriting for APIs You Won't Hate - https://github.com/orgs/apisyouwonthate/projects/4 Thank you so much to our sponsors:Lob: https://lob.com/careersTreblle: https://treblle.com/apisyoulove

Mar 26, 202232 min

Ep 19Sledgehammers on the job site

Links from today's showPhil's reforestation charityProtect EarthPosts on APIs You Won't HateContract Testing a Laravel API with OpenAPICreating OpenAPI from HTTP TrafficAPI ToolingAkita https://www.akitasoftware.com/Optic https://www.useoptic.com/Serverless functions in JAMstack frameworksRemix.run API routesNext.js API routesGatsby serverless showcase11ty serverlessThank you so much to our sponsors:Lob: https://lob.com/careersTreblle: https://treblle.com/apisyoulove

Feb 28, 202233 min

Ep 18Seeing the forest and the trees in 2022

Thanks to Lob.com for sponsoring APIs You Won't hate - join the lobster pod at https://www.lob.com/careers 🦞Support Phil's Charity: Protect EarthDark Sky's API is shutting downPersonal Weather Stations: Ambient WeatherEcoping.earth - Tools to reduce your company's website carbon emissions & boost performanceSquoosh.app - a great utility for resizing images for the webNEW POST! Creating OpenAPI from HTTP Traffic

Jan 3, 202255 min

Ep 17The State of the API Address

Matt and Phil are joined by Matthew Reinbold, director of API Ecosystems and Digital Transformations to discuss Postman's State of the API 2021 report, detailing various data points from around the API world from which specification people turn to, to how confident people feel deploying their APIs. They also discuss various topics around remote work, how APIs enable more remote work and what will happen in the next few years for APIs.Notes:Matthew on twitter: https://twitter.com/libel_voxPostman's State of the API

Dec 1, 202148 min

Ep 16Webhook can't tell you nothin'

Should endpoints be named after the action, like/getThing/updateThingor after the resource with different HTTP verbs, likeGET /thingsPOST /things?What are the reasons to go with one or the other?Async operations with REST APIs - how do you do it?long callbacks, short callbackspollingpubsubWhat's the point of a Webhook?"Working with Webhooks" Lorna Mitchell @ PHP Barcelona 2019 link

Nov 22, 202139 min

Ep 15We're back!

Matt, Mike and Phil get back together after a wild summer vacay of drinks, sand, trees and getting hit by a car while out on a bike. We catch up with Phil and Stoplights efforts to reshape API Documentation as well as responsible OSS Community Involvement. Notes:Matt's photography siteStoplight ElementsStoplight DiscordAPIs You Won't Hate Community

Sep 23, 202133 min

Ep 14All About the API Specifications Conference

Matt is joined by Taylor (@taylor_atx) and Kin (@apievangelist) to talk about the API Specifications Conference (ASC). We talked about how the conference is shaping up, the kinds of talks they are hoping to put forward in the program, how it is organizing a conference under the Linux Foundation and how can you get involved with such an important, yet very niche, topic in our community. Notes:@apispecs on twitterASC conference websiteCall For Papers Conference Sponsorship Information

Jun 2, 202148 min

Ep 13The Swagger of OpenAPI

Sparked by this tweet, Matt and Mike have an informal chat about the whole Swagger to OpenAPI transition and why OpenAPI hasn't really been able to step away from the shadow of Swagger. We discuss ways communities members can help with pushing the OpenAPI naming over using Swagger, how SEO plays a fair bit into the whole thing and why naming things is just plain hard.

May 5, 202130 min

Ep 12API Gateways, Service Meshes, oh my!

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Matt and Phil are joined by API developer Hunter Skrasek, a friend of the pod, to talk about his experiences moving their APIs from a monolith to a microservices architecture and his team is utilizing API Gateways and Service MeshesLinks: Hunter on TwitterAPI GatewayApp Service Mesh

Mar 12, 202151 min

Ep 11Sunsetting your API

Phil, Mike, and Matt get together for a discussion about how to safely sunset an API endpoint with the end goal being deprecation. We take a look at why its important to be overly communicative about it, what an appropriate length of time is from announcement to deprecation and how you can do it in a way that doesn't make your team or external consumers angry. We talk about the HTTP Sunset Header and the potential HTTP Deprecation Header and how those can make the process of knowing when APIs are being deprecated a lot smoother. We also looked at a few popular JS libraries and discuss how they deprecated themselves. Show NotesRequest.js deprecation noticeMoment.js deprecation noticeIEFT HTTP Sunset Header Field RFCIEFT HTTP Deprecation Header DraftFacebook botching a feature deprecationSponsorInterested in sponsoring this podcast to get the word out about your API product to our listeners? Drop us a line at @apisyouwonthate on twitter and lets get it set up!

Feb 22, 202144 min

Ep 10Secure your APIs or why so much data was available from Parler.

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Phil, Mike and Matt sit down to talk about Parler and why their APIs were so great for hacktivists who wanted to make sure that the data was never lost. We talk about degraded services and circuit breakers, two big things that probably could have kept the data from being exposed as well as stripping files of EXIF data from uploaded images. We also venture into the topic of what is the role of service providers and social media going forward. Sponsors:Stoplight makes it possible for us to bring you this podcast while we nerd out about APIs. Check them out for their tooling around documentation with Studio, an app that makes API documentation an absolute joy to work with.Show Notes:Auto-incrementing IDs - Giving your data awayHTTP/REST API File UploadsHow Parler's Data Was HarvestedA transcript is currently being made and we will update the description as soon as we get them.

Jan 20, 202141 min

Ep 9Developing platforms for developers - Harsha Reddy from Wayfair

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Harsha Reddy, a Senior Software Engineer on Internal API Platforms for Wayfair, joins Matt and Phil to talk about what its like to build tools for developers that use a myriad of languages from PHP to C# to Python and some Java thrown in for a good time. We discuss how Wayfair empowers their developers to pick the right language for a job and then what kind of tools they employ to make their day to day lives at Wayfair easier.Sponsors:Stoplight makes it possible for us to bring you this podcast while we nerd out about APIs. Check them out for their tooling around documentation with Studio, an app that makes API documentation an absolute joy to work with.Links: https://pactflow.iohttps://eng.uber.com/microservice-architecture/https://buildkite.comHarsha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stymied_sloth

Sep 18, 202044 min

Ep 8Stoplight and Developer Mental Health

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Phil, Mike and Matt get together before Phil leaves the UK in search of roads he can bike on. We talk about what is coming up for new Stoplight releases and then we take a sharp pivot to talk about mental health and how it affects Matt and what he is doing to take care of himself. Sponsors:Stoplight makes it possible for us to bring you this podcast while we nerd out about APIs. Check them out for their tooling around documentation with Studio, an app that makes API documentation an absolute joy to work with.

Aug 24, 202035 min

Ep 7Maybe GraphQL isn't so terrible? A conversation with Marc-Andre Giroux

A quick note before we get started: We recorded this episode back in April of 2020 when everyone was quarantining and making bread to post on instagram. Fast forward to now, in June, American cities, and cities around the world are joining in, protesting the systemic racism that has long been an issue in our societies. While our energy and focus turned to current events, editing this episode took a seat on the backburner. That said, we have it ready… but it couldn’t be released at a worse time. Three white dudes talking about APIs while our friends in other communities are fighting injustices that have long kept them down seems to be a bit tone deaf, and we know that, recognize that and commit ourselves to being involved. There are a lot of conversations we want to have around this topic both in the API world, and outside of it. We don’t want this episode to take away from the discussions going on around such important and heavy topics, but we hope this can serve as a way for you to take a break while you travel to and from a protest. If you are going to protest please be safe, drink as much water as you can to stay hydrated in the heat and know that things are changing for the better. To all the Black API developers out there: we see you, we're fighting with you, and we want you to know that we're listening. From all of us at APIs You Won't Hate: Black lives matter.Recorded back in April, Matt and Phil are joined by Marc-Andre Giroux to talk about the APIs he works on at Github and his fascination of GraphQL. Marc-Andre recently released a book titled "Production Ready GraphQL" where he talks about schema design, tooling, architecture and more. We take a dive into knowing when GraphQL is the right tool for the job, versus when to use REST and talk a little about the whole quarantine thing that was happening.Sponsors:Stoplight makes it possible for us to bring you this podcast while we nerd out about APIs. Check them out for their tooling around documentation with Studio, an app that makes API documentation an absolute joy to work with.Twitter: https://twitter.com/__xuorig__Book: Production Ready GraphQLAPIs You Wont Hate Jobs Board: https://apisyouwonthate.com/jobsAPIs You Wont Hate Slack: https://apisyouwonthate.com/community

Jun 12, 202049 min

Ep 6The API Handyman Cometh

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Phil and Matt, both in a loose definition of isolation, find time to talk to Arnaud Lauret (https://twitter.com/apihandyman) and talk about API Design and Review. We discuss why you should spend time designing and reviewing your API and the process of reviewing API Designs before the code is written. We also ask Arnaud what he looks for while reviewing, the tools he uses to review API design docs and then Phil starts dreaming up what the ideal API Review tooling looks like. We also talk about life in quarantine, as France completely shut down and how Phil made it back in time to England before the lock downs took place. Sponsors:Stoplight makes it possible for us to bring you this podcast while we nerd out about APIs. Check them out for their tooling around documentation with Studio, an app that makes API documentation an absolute joy to work with.Links:https://twitter.com/apihandyman - Arnaud's Twitterhttps://bit.ly/designwebapis - The Design of Web APIs by Arnaud Laurethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things - The Design of Everyday Things by Don Normanhttp://apihandyman.io/ - Arnaud's bloghttp://apistylebook.com/ - API Stylebook, a collection of API style guides

Mar 24, 202049 min