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Operating Models: The Crucial Element of Digital Transformation Most Companies Overlook
"[A]s organizations consider their investment in technology, they should be considering the operating model that will be appropriate for their organization in the future. The model today may not enable them to compete effectively in the future." -- #PeterCarr #engineeringDotCom
API Security: Authorization, Rate Limiting, and Twelve Ways to Protect APIs
"In this blog, we’ll cover the 12 methods that technology leaders need to incorporate to secure and protect APIs." -- #PhaniDeepakAkella #securityBoulevard
Why Customer Value Will Drive The Next Wave Of Digital Transformation
"VSM isn’t a one-and-done solution to improved customer value. It is both a strategy and a practice and requires an investment of time and dedication. With that in mind, here are five crucial steps to help achieve the potential upside:" -- #SergeLucio #forbes
How to Design a Successful API Strategy (and Why You Need One)
https://nordicapis.com/how-to-design-a-successful-api-strategy-and-why-you-need-one/
"We’ve put together some tips and best practices to consider when designing your API strategy to help make your API as successful, useful, and profitable as possible." -- #jSimpson #nordicapis
API Product Management: Beyond API Endpoints To API Products
https://apimetrics.io/api-product-management-beyond-api-endpoints-to-api-products/
"API endpoints have matured and [are being] integrated into the functioning of business to the point where they need to be managed as products. As such, they need to be driven by a vision that is aligned with the business" -- #AbhijitDey #apiMetrics
Research revealed the advantages of digital technologies for business processes
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/989733
"While analyzing all the digital solutions implemented in the business processes, researchers were able to identify four affordances of these digital technologies. These affordances include accessing, updating, sharing, and initiating."
"I am far more afraid of machine stupidity than of machine intelligence."" -- #MelanieMitchell in "Artificial Intelligence", 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10709620-we-should-be-afraid-not-of-intelligent-machines-but-of
Bye Bye Swagger and Postman — Built-in Rest Client of VS 2022
"the use of .http files provides below advantages compared to tools such as Postman and Swagger. I believe it’s worth giving it a try." -- #AtakanKorez
Book Summary: "RESTful Web Clients - Enabling Reuse Through Hypermedia"
"By applying the concepts and best practices presented in “RESTful Web Clients: Enabling Reuse Through Hypermedia,” developers can build more flexible, maintainable, and reusable web clients that effectively interact with RESTful web services inside and outside an organization." -- #FagnerBrack
Definitive Guide to API Discovery
https://nonamesecurity.com/definitive-guide-api-discovery
"API traffic now represents over 80% of the current internet traffic¹. However, organizations are still struggling to keep them secure." -- #nonameSecurity
The evolution of embedded finance
https://thepaypers.com/expert-opinion/the-evolution-of-embedded-finance-2--1262543
"Ronnie Mitra, Senior Director, Technology, Publicis Sapient: Banks should adopt a neobanking mindset and leverage fintech providers and bank-specific platforms for a single proposition venture. Speed is crucial at the outset." -- #paypers
How companies make it difficult to unsubscribe
https://pudding.cool/2023/05/dark-patterns/
"I unsubscribed from 16 online services and documented the ways companies made it, knowingly (or unknowingly), challenging." -- #CarolineSinders
Monoliths are not dinosaurs
https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2023/05/monoliths-are-not-dinosaurs.html
"Evaluating your systems regularly is as important, if not more so, than building them in the first place. Because your systems will run much longer than the time it takes to design them." -- #WernerVogels #aws
Scheduling Standards Consortium grows ranks, readies API release
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/scheduling-standards-consortium-grows-ranks-readies-api-release
"The Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) has added seven partners as it prepares new open application programming interface scheduling standards to be released by the end of the year." -- #GraceSharkey #freightWaves
How NatWest is building a relationship bank in a digital world
https://news.microsoft.com/en-gb/2023/05/03/how-natwest-building-relationship-bank-digital-world/
"As Wendy Redshaw, Chief Digital Information Officer, Retail Bank at NatWest Group, explains: 'At NatWest we are responding to the needs of all of our customers in building a relationship bank in a digital world.'" -- #ElhamRiziShorvon
Regulating the Digital Sector, Transforming Consumer Protection Regulation
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/regulating-the-digital-sector-3556740/
"UK Government Proposes Significant Reforms With Draft Bill" -- #jdsupra
The 3 Pillars of Digital Transformation — And the Pitfalls to Avoid
"This article delves into the three essential components that companies must be able to rely on for a successful digital transformation: an integrated technology stack, a sound business model, and a skilled, culturally aligned workforce." -- #AndreaLatino #DigitalFirstMagazine
Building the Right APIs Is Key to Your Digital Transformation
"organizations can often get mired in the technicalities of building APIs without considering that more is not necessarily better." -- #PatrickDonovan #Axway
AWS launches generative AI cloud API, Bedrock
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/aws-launches-generative-ai-cloud-api-bedrock/
"Offers access to its own models, as well as those of Anthropic, AI21, and Stable Diffusion" -- #SebastianMoss
Why Shadow APIs are More Dangerous than You Think
https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/why-shadow-apis-are-more-dangerous-than.html
" For those that aren't familiar with the term, shadow APIs are a type of application programming interface (API) that isn't officially documented or supported." -- #TheHackerNews
The Layers of API Security
https://securityboulevard.com/2023/04/the-layers-of-api-security/
"In this article, we’re taking a closer look at how APIs can be compromised across various areas and how to secure each layer in an API." -- #SecurityBoulevard
Digital transformation: 3 ways it improves hybrid work
https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2023/4/hybrid-work-digital-transformation
"In today’s hybrid world, digital transformation does much more than boost operational efficiencies. Here are three examples of how it supports disparate teams." -- #RitishReddy #EnterprisersProject
Growing a Language
https://apidesignmatters.substack.com/p/growing-a-language
"Today, we take a short diversion from our normal journey through The Language of API Design—though we’re not deviating very far off our path." -- #DavidBiesack
What is API Inventory: An API Inventory Overview?
https://securityboulevard.com/2023/04/what-is-api-inventory-an-api-inventory-overview/
"API inventory is an integral component of API governance and compliance and is the process of identifying every API deployed across all organization environments, its use, users, limitations, and security profile." -- #TonyBailey #SecurityBoulevard
GM created its own open-source software protocol and wants its competitors to use it
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/27/23699539/gm-open-source-software-uprotocol-eclipse
"The automaker is joining the Eclipse Foundation to underscore its commitment for more open communication standards between connected cars." -- #theVerge
What’s New in OWASP API Top 10 2023RC: The Latest Changes and Enhancements
"As APIs continue to increase across industries, so too do the threats to their security. The OWASP API Top 10 list is an essential resource for businesses looking to secure their application programming interfaces." -- #Indusface
Automotive must address API security, ASAP
https://www.automotiveworld.com/articles/automotive-must-address-api-security-asap/
"Adam Fisher outlines the risks of automotive cyber crime, as well as some potential solutions"
"It is far easier to add a new service than to change an exisiting one." -- #Anon.
Adopting an API Maturity Model to Accelerate Innovation
https://www.infoq.com/articles/api-maturity-model/
"Developing a mature API program will unlock new opportunities for accelerated business innovation, leading to growth." -- #infoq
Application, API attack prevalence spikes
https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/uncategorized/application-api-attack-prevalence-spikes
#SiliconAngle reports that cyberattacks aimed at applications and application programming interfaces have increased by 137% in 2022, resulting in the highest number of attacks on record." -- #scMagazine
What Is a Unified API? When Should You Consider Using One?
https://nordicapis.com/what-is-a-unified-api-when-should-you-consider-using-one/
"Unified API is a type of application programming interface (API) that enables developers to access information from multiple sources through a single interface." -- #VyomSrivastava #NordicAPIs
What is API Discovery and API Visibility?
https://securityboulevard.com/2023/04/what-is-api-discovery-and-api-visibility/
"API discovery offers granular visibility into your apps, their spread, availability, accessibility and whether they are protected or unprotected." -- #TonyBailey #SecurityBoulevard
How to develop an API test automation strategy
https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/tip/How-to-develop-an-API-test-automation-strategy
"A suite of automated API tests can set up an application for success but only if QA teams determine the right tests to automate and implement them correctly." -- #AmyReichert
How To Successfully Approach An API Endeavor
"APIs are often viewed as a panacea of opportunity—a must-do for innovation and competition. But this is only half of the story." -- #JasonHarmon #Stoplight
How to fix the top 5 API vulnerabilities
https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/How-to-fix-the-top-API-vulnerabilities
"Security teams must concentrate on eliminating the following five vulnerabilities, which -- despite being well known -- are still often present and exploitable in today's APIs." -- #MichaelCobb #TechTarget
The secret ingredient for successful digital transformation
"Here, we hear the story about the secret ingredient for successful digital transformation, as engagingly told by Mark Vincent, Owner of Applied Change Ltd." -- #MarkVincent #openAccessGovernment
Programming the Web with HyperLANG and HyperCLI https://mamund.substack.com/p/programming-the-web-with-hyperlang
"Imagine if cURL and NodeJS were tossed in a blender together with a dash of COBOL for flavor (yes, COBOL!)."
Visa partners with PayPal, Venmo and others to power interoperable digital payments
"Visa is partnering with a host of financial service and payment companies for a new interoperable peer-to-peer (P2P) payment offering, one that allows people to transfer money to friends even if they use a different payment service." -- #PaulSawers #TechCrunch
5 Traits That Popular APIs Have in Common
https://nordicapis.com/5-traits-that-popular-apis-have-in-common/
"Examining some of the most valuable APIs helps us discover what essential features make up an excellent API developer experience." -- #jSimpson #nordicAPIs
most of my talks are conceptual and/or storytelling. this year i'll be doing more code-centric talks w/ the #HyperLANG and #HyperCLI tooling i created a couple years ago.
join me at #GOTOChgo using promo code “mike10” for 10% off: https://gotochgo.com/2023
we'll explore "Programmingthe Web w/ HyperLANG and HyperCLI"
for ~2 yrs, i've been using my #HYPER CLI tool to make prorgramming the web easier, safer, and more resilient. think CURL + nodeJS with a dash of COBOL <g>.
i continue to work on improve, document, and expand the app and welcome feedback and updates.
join me at #GOTOchgo in May for a full-blown talk on the power of HYPER. Register for your ticket with the special offer “mike10” to get 10% off your ticket: https://gotochgo.com/2023
happy to share that I will be speaking at #GOTOchgo May 2023, taking place in Chicago, May 22-24.
looking forward to catching up w/ old friends and discovering new ones!
hope you can join me. promo code “mike10” for 10% off: https://gotochgo.com/2023
see you there!
Behind the Scenes: What I’ve Experienced So Far With Building and Nurturing An API Community
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7041083762310270976/
"While I'm not an API guru or expert, I firmly believe that improving the developer habitats where our colleagues work on a daily basis will lead to stepwise improvements in how we build and deliver products." -- #JoyceStack #LinkedIn
Analyzing Your Existing API Testing Through a Security Lens
https://securityboulevard.com/2023/02/analyzing-your-existing-api-testing-through-a-security-lens/
"API security testing is an integral part of any API development project. Making sure that your APIs are secure and resilient to attack is just as important as ensuring that they work as expected." -- #DanaEpp
Too many startups focus on feasibility first. They love building, so they build.
Too many corporate innovators focus on viability first. They need to prove (on a spreadsheet) that the business can be big enough.
Both are usually a path to failure.
Ben Yoskovitz on Twitter https://twitter.com/byosko/status/1634979420195749891
Protocols, APIs, and conventions
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3687637/protocols-apis-and-conventions.html
"e’re in one of those internet moments of rapid innovation, when new conventions can unlock emergent behaviors. Enjoy it!" -- #JonUdell
Correct technical explanation order
https://hilton.org.uk/blog/explanation-order
"Why most writing explains things in the wrong order..."
The Language-Oriented Approach to API Development
https://smizell.com/language-oriented-approach/title-page.html
"... an approach that encourages people to create their own language for the way they talk about APIs and to capture that language in a DSL. " -- @smizell
Security robot protects PG&E’s SF turf —residents are not amused
https://missionlocal.org/2022/12/pges-autonomous-security-robot-creeps-out-neighbourhood/
"Knightscope rents out the machines for $7 an hour – considerably less than the city’s minimum wage of $16.99 an hour."
"Chipotle Mexican Grill is testing whether a robot can make tortilla chips in stores. Sweetgreen
plans to automate salad making in at least two locations. And Starbucks
wants its coffee-making equipment to lessen the workload for baristas."
How much I’ve spent so far running my own Mastodon server on AWS
https://www.micahwalter.com/how-much-ive-spent-so-far-running-my-own-mastodon-server-on-aws/
"If you are running your own Mastodon server on AWS (or really anything at all on AWS) do yourself a favor and head over to AWS Budgets and set one up for yourself."
Julius Gamanyi (@julius) has pointed me to an excellent 2018 talk by @SonaAndrea@twitter.com that explores innovation, design, and modularity as drivers for #OpenBanking.
my advice to all is to stop what you are doing and listen to this clip right now: https://youtu.be/yqMDoWVZYw8?t=2377
The lawsuit that could rewrite the rules of AI copyright https://b.mamund.com/3tlYI6K
“AI systems are not magical black boxes that are exempt from the law.”
AWS Publishes Guide to Architecture Decision Records https://b.mamund.com/3NroLCC
"AWS proposed this ADR process to facilitate architectural decision-making, avoid repetitive discussions about the same topics, and communicate decisions effectively."
Who Invented the API? | Nordic APIs | https://b.mamund.com/3R6UTeT
"That being said, this is arguably the first true incarnation of the concept of the API."
REST APIs don’t need a versioning strategy - they need a change strategy https://b.mamund.com/3QnCs5i
"Whatever approach you take to managing change you will need consistent and active governance over the evolving contract."
Fallacies of Distributed Systems https://b.mamund.com/3A3sDDG
"Fallacies of distributed systems are a set of assertions made by L Peter Deutsch and others at Sun Microsystems describing false assumptions that programmers new to distributed applications invariably make. "
Postman’s Chief Evangelist Kin Lane Releases New Book on the API-First Transformation
"The API-First Transformation shows readers how to create their own API strategy, assemble the right technology, and put solutions to work. Thirty executives from leading brands including 7-Eleven, National Basketball Association (NBA), and Twilio also share stories of how they have embraced API-first and the benefits that approach has delivered."
Quit Believing In Framework “Magic”!
Do you really need to use all these frameworks and libraries? Would you know to implement them? Can you remove any of them?
https://levelup.gitconnected.com/youll-quit-believing-in-framework-magic-1d4b6f77fdaf
BMW starts selling heated seat subscriptions for $18 a month https://b.mamund.com/3PsWY4D
"BMW has slowly been putting features behind subscriptions since 2020."
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