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Generative AI is transforming how we interact with developer portals, challenging their traditional design and functionality. Devportals now serve an evolving audience that includes AI tools acting on behalf of human users. From AI-assisted search to private LLM chatbots, the emergence of AI as an intermediary user raises questions about how portals can better cater to human and machine personas.

Explore evolving trends in API integration support and troubleshooting, including rising expectations for proactive support, intuitive error-handling, and AI personalization reshaping developer experiences.

What does the near future hold for developer portals? Further specialization towards platform-like and product-specific microportals. Flexible user experiences, to expose the diversity of interface- and gateway integrations. Authoritative and authentic documentation will be more important than ever before. 

Data security has become more critical than ever in today’s rapidly advancing digital landscape. Organizations must adapt adequate security and privacy standards to protect their users, data, and reputation. This is especially true for platforms like Drupal, which powers countless public facing websites across various industries.

Which tools and strategies can ensure that a private LLM chatbot produces reliable answers? Christoph Weber (Solutions Architect at Pronovix) shares insights and lessons learned from building a competitive AI chatbot with open-source tools and private hosting.

Since 2018, the DevPortal Awards brings the opportunity to recognize excellence in the API landscape and celebrate the teams whose work is essential to evolve the whole industry. In this article, you can find a comprehensive collection of past winners and lessons we learned.