API Resilience Podcast

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).

In this edition, Sophie Rutard (Head of API, Euler Hermes) shares how a paper-centered business improved its operations by making efforts towards digital transformation – from value proposition through buy-in to API governance.

‘If you have all your personal data with you, you increase your value when you log into an application’ says Mehdi Medjaoui (founder, Apidays). In Part 2, he presents his new vision, which focuses on GDPR portability and the trend of commercializing personal data.

‘People don’t look for APIs, they look for abilities,’ claims Mehdi Medjaoui (founder, Apidays). In Part 1, he explains the key elements of the API mindset and explores the challenges of API integration and discoverability.