The technical and social contracts of APIs - Discussion with Marsh Gardiner

The way we think about the future of APIs can take many different forms. In this episode, Marsh Gardiner and Kristof Van Tomme approach the subject from several angles. They discuss questions like: Why can we say that APIs are interface utilities? How does the network effect work? Can we call APIs infrastructure?

Further sources:

• Marsh's #APIFutures post: https://sociotechnical.org/archive/evolving-api-product-thinking/
• Kristof's #APIFutures post: https://pronovix.com/articles/apis-are-interface-utilities
• CNCF platform engineering working group's maturity model: https://tag-app-delivery.cncf.io/whitepapers/platform-eng-maturity-model/
• Blog post about Moonwalk: https://www.openapis.org/blog/2023/12/06/openapi-moonwalk-2024
• Find Marsh on Mastodon or LinkedIn
• API Resilience podcast with Kenny Baas-Schwegler (Wardley mapping)
• API Resilience podcast with Jabe Bloom, Part 1 (three economies)

Sections

• Intro 
• APIs as products (1:58)
• Platforms (19:39)
• LLMs (45:58)
• OpenAPI (54:28)

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