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Latest Episodes:

S1 E15 - Season 1 Highlights Jul 22, 2024

In this episode, Mike and Matt look back on and share clips from all the great API Experience Season 1 episodes.

S1 E14 - New Frontiers In API Management Jul 03, 2024

In this episode, Matt and Mike talk with Markus and Marilena Mueller of APIIDA about the new challenges organizations face in managing APIs, and the new techniques needed to meet those challenges.

S1 E13 - API Security In The Age Of AI May 29, 2024

In this episode, Matt and Mike talk with Sanjay Nagaraj, co-founder and CTO at Traceable.ai. Sanjay shares his experience in the API security domain, his background in AI, and insights on how those worlds come together. Read more from Sanjay in InfoWorld: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3709450/the-state-of-api-security-in-2023.html

S1 E12 - A Brief History Of Composability Apr 19, 2024

In this episode, Mike and Matt jump headlong into the concept of composability, for both software architectures and digital business. They trace the roots of composability way back to the early days of computing, and show the common thread that runs through the more recent movements around Service Oriented Architecture, Domain Driven Design, API First, and Microservices. There are many resources mentioned in this episode: Matt's Infoworld article on SOA and Microservices - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3080611/learning-from-soa-5-lessons-for-the-microservices-era.html Gartner on Composable Business - https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/gartner-keynote-the-future-of-business-is-composable David Parnas' paper introducing information hiding - https://www.win.tue.nl/~wstomv/edu/2ip30/references/criteria_for_modularization.pdf Mel Conway's paper introducing Conway's Law - https://www.melconway.com/Home/pdf/committees.pdf Djikstra on separation of concerns - https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD04xx/EWD447.html Alan Kay on message passing - https://wiki.c2.com/?AlanKayOnMessaging Rechtin on Systems Architecting - https://sdincose.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TheArtOfSystemsEngineering_inaugural.pdf Dr. Carliss Baldwin's Design Rules - https://www.biblio.com/book/design-rules-vol-1-power-modularity/d/1573116839 Roy Fielding defining REST - https://ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm#sec_5_3_2 James Lewis & Martin Fowler defining Microservices - https://martinfowler.com/articles/microservices.html Jonathan Murray on Composable Enterprise - https://adamalthus.com/blog/2013/04/04/the-composable-enterprise/

S1 E11 - APIs Are Products, Finally! Mar 25, 2024

In this episode, Matt and Mike talk with Audrey Kolski, API Product Management Consultant for The API Collective, about how to treat APIs as products. Audrey shares her experience working on high scale API products, and her opinions on the best way to productize APIs and get value from them.

S1 E10 - Data-Driven API Thinking Feb 05, 2024

Data is at the center of the AI revolution, and has always been the foundation of web APIs. In this episode, Swagata Ashwani--Principal Data Scientist at Boomi--joins Mike and Matt to share her expertise and experience on data science, showing the most important areas where APIs and data intersect.

S1 E9 - Curiosity and the Cat API Jan 16, 2024

On this episode, Mike and Matt are joined by Aden Forshaw, CEO of That API Company. Aden shares the story of how a personal hack project turned into an API product that is now used by countless individuals and organizations to learn the API space. Within that story, there are many lessons about managing the lifecycle of an API, and especially how to build and nurture an API community. Which is more popular: the Cat API or the Dog API? Have a listen to find out! For the full story of the Cat API, check out the blog here: https://thatapicompany.com/the-cat-api-a-different-measurement-of-success/ For all API Experience episodes, check out our homepage here: https://boomi.com/boomi-podcasts/

S1 E8 - API Days Paris And The Global API Community Dec 22, 2023

In this episode, Matt and Mike share festive wishes for the global API community, and Mike recounts what he experienced and learned at the API Days Paris event earlier in December. He covers the diversity of topics, the growing diversity of the API community itself, and articulates some of his main observations around API protocols, API product maturity, and the unavoidable elephant in the room: AI. Happy holidays to all our listeners!

S1 E7 - Digital Access, Creativity, & Self-Efficacy Dec 11, 2023

Much of the guidance we give and receive in the tech industry–and especially in the API community–assumes constant, limitless access to the World Wide Web, or at least to high speed, high scale corporate networks. But what if web access is heavily constrained, or if there is no access at all? In this episode of the API Experience, Matt and Mike welcome Nelly Cheboi and Tyler Cinnamon, founders of Techlit Africa, to share their story of bringing digital information and education to children who might not otherwise have access to the web or even to computers, and the amazing outcomes that access has created. NOTE: Nelly was awarded CNN Hero of the Year in 2022.

S1 E6 - APIs In The AI Revolution Nov 13, 2023

In this episode, Mike and Matt dive into the hottest topic in tech: Artificial Intelligence. Using the recent OpenAI Developer Keynote as a springboard, they dive into the role of APIs in the AI ecosystem, especially GenAI. They cover the emergence of AI-driven Agents and API-powered Actions, note some significant historical references, and there's even a mention of everyone's favourite AI pioneer, Clippy.

S1 E5 - Where API Management is Going Nov 06, 2023

In this episode, Matt and Mike sit down with their friend Erik Wilde to talk about the past and future of API Management. Erik shares insights from his recent talk and article, "Quo Vadis, API Management?" The discussion covers the relationship between web best practices and APIs, the importance of having a business perspective on APIs, and the idea of cultivating an API landscape.

S1 E4 - The Human Side Of API Strategy Sep 22, 2023

In this episode, Matt and Mike are joined by Claire Barrett, Director at APIsFirst, Co-Founder of the API Collective, and Leader of the Women in APIs community. Claire shares her expertise on API strategy, details the areas where people can make the biggest difference, and illustrates these insights through her own experiences working with organizations around the globe. The episode touches on organizational practices, API-specific roles, and new business models such as embedded banking.

S1 E3 - Building API Platforms With Scale Aug 28, 2023

On this episode, Irakli Nadareishvili, Managing Director, Global Banking Platform at JP Morgan Chase, joins Matt and Mike to share his guidance on grouping APIs into meaningful platforms, and optimizing those platforms to handle the biggest barrier to scalability: change over time. Check out Irakli's talk on the same subject from API Days (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pZ4vTDhQGY) as well as his blog on the topic (https://www.freshblurbs.com/blog/2023/08/25/api-platforms-scale.html).

S1 E2 - A Day In The Life Of An API Product Manager Jul 31, 2023

In this episode, Matt and Mike are joined by Emily Canon, API Product Manager for PEXA. Emily shares her experiences in becoming an API Product Manager, talks about her day-to-day responsibilities, and highlights the key focus areas for her role. To learn more from Emily, read her article, "What Does an API Product Manager Do?" The episode also briefly features Emily's cat, Louie. Listen now!

S1 E1 - Welcome to the API Experience! 5 focus areas for APIs in 2023 Jul 17, 2023

In this episode, hosts Matt McLarty and Mike Amundsen introduce listeners to the API Experience Podcast. They take a look across the digital landscape and identify four key focus areas that are currently impacting the world of APIs. First and foremost is the explosion of generative AI, and how it intersects with the API economy. Secondly, they delve into the often overlooked topic of API security. Thirdly, they examine the impact of industry regulations on APIs, and the maturation of business on the web. Lastly, they discuss the frontiers of APIs, where APIs are being used in unexpected places by unexpected parties. Listen and subscribe now!

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