API Resilience Podcast

In this episode, Ainhoa Pulido (API Manager, Lufthansa) and Flavio Geraldes (API Manager, Lufthansa) explore the importance of purpose and innovation when it comes to creating or integrating APIs. What else is crucial?

In the first part of the API Resilience interview Kin Lane (Chief Evangelist, Postman) talked about Digital Literacy & Democratizing APIs. The 2nd part of the conversation goes towards more philosophical territories.

“Our shared responsibility is to help industries where we belong to adopt and push forward their API programs and API community initiatives” claims Aleksei Akimov (Head of API, Adyen).

It pays off to cater to both technical and business audiences, claims Katrien Van Gijsel (Business Innovation Manager, KBC Bank & Verzekering).

Will APIs make it possible in the future to build systems that are optimized for cooperation and resilience rather than profit and sheer growth? What is the difference between writing code for a machine vs. all the machines? Why APIs resemble creative game spaces or ant colonies, and why is it an antipattern to create sequential workflows when designing APIs?

“Democratizing APIs is about making people aware that APIs exist, and that they can use them too, it’s not just for wizards on the hill […] anyone can do it! ” says Kin Lane (Chief Evangelist, Postman).