Inside the Black Box: The Potential of Open-Source AI
AI is one of the most divisive and highly-contested topics happening in tech at the moment. Tech evangelists tout the admittedly impressive abilities of AI tools like large language models (LLMs) for...
View ArticleSeparation of Concerns (SoC): The Cornerstone of Modern Software Development
“Write programs that do one thing and do it well,” said Douglas McIlroy, one of the key architects of Unix at Bell Labs. This philosophy has shaped software development for decades, influencing...
View ArticleThe State of Zero-Trust Security in 2025
The API space has always been heavily focused on security as a pillar of design and development. APIs trade in data — and this data reflects a broad base of users who expect it to be secured and...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to Be API-First to Reap the Benefits of APIs
Recently, I explored the difference between companies that view APIs as their core products and companies that view them as a tactic for staying competitive and efficient. Let’s call the first type of...
View Article3 New Patterns for Connecting AI Agents to APIs
APIs are often reflective of the broader tech market. Since APIs facilitate connections, they tend to be a microcosm of the underlying technologies and trends in the broader market. For this reason,...
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‘Cloud Native Data Security with OAuth’ Breaks Down Zero-Trust API Design
APIs are a double-edged sword in terms of cybersecurity. On one hand, APIs can strengthen cybersecurity by improving monitoring or detecting suspicious behavior, for example. At the same time, APIs are...
View Article5 Ways to Secure Agentic Access to APIs
As new AI paradigms become standard, technology is racing to keep up with changing needs and shifts in consumption habits. In 2025, one of these changes that has proven itself quite impactful is the...
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Behind ‘Cloud Native Data Security with OAuth’: Highlights from the Authors
Cloud Native Data Security With OAuth We recently spent over a year writing a consumer-focused book on the big picture of modern application security. O’Reilly has now published the book, Cloud Native...
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How APIs Should Respond to Data Sovereignty
Countless country-specific data privacy and handling laws have emerged on the tech scene in recent years. GDPR, CCPA, and others demand strict adherence, complicating operations for...
View Article10 API Linters and Description Validators
Code linting and validation are core components of good code development in 2025. Below, we’ll look at a spate of options in this space, identifying some top contenders for different languages,...
View Article6 Ways to Absolutely Fail at API Governance
API governance can be a touchy subject. Although it’s critical to get governance right, many differing opinions exist on what “good” looks like. One organization’s governance strategy may not translate...
View ArticleThe Top Trends Shaping APIs in 2025
APIs always move quickly. API design trends can be virtually unrecognizable from year to year, even when responding to ongoing issues facing the API industry. Even by tech standards, API trends are...
View ArticleHow APIs Are Powering Digital Transformation in the Energy Sector
The past few years have, by anyone’s measure, been turbulent for the energy sector. The war in Ukraine, for example, has led to significant price fluctuations and supply disruptions. Global energy...
View Article10 API Observability Tools Worth Checking Out
APIs are only as useful as they are transparent. Simply setting an API loose with no oversight is a recipe for disaster. Bad actors could be using your APIs to leak massive amounts of sensitive data or...
View ArticleMicroservices vs. Monoliths: How to Choose the Right Architecture for Your...
When starting a new development project — whether for a new product or an internal business solution — several decisions must be made: choosing the programming language, defining infrastructure,...
View Article10+ Data Regulations All API Developers Should Know About
For too long, as soon as they were able to do so, businesses took the following approach to gathering data: ‘Harvest what we can now, and figure out what we’re going to do with it later.’ The concept...
View Article10+ Signs You Might Need API Governance
API governance means different things to different folks. But for all intents and purposes, API governance is the intentional oversight of API design, style, development, lifecycle, and security to...
View ArticleHow to Automate Your API Governance
The number of APIs created each year has absolutely exploded, partially due to AI and partially due to our decentralized and data-driven culture. API Evangelist Kin Lane estimates that large...
View ArticleA Complete Guide to Access Tokens
Access tokens are crucial tools for enabling secure access in decentralized systems. Having all of our digital tools and resources spread across the globe creates all manner of complexities, ranging...
View Article10 Speech-to-Text APIs That Let AI Listen
Travel back in time, even a decade or two ago, and the idea of having a conversation with a smartphone or laptop would be unthinkable to anyone but the earliest of adopters. (For context, Siri didn’t...
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