In this episode, friend of the show Stephen Fishman drops by to talk with Mike and Matt about the influence Tim O'Reilly had on Jeff Bezos issuing the famous "API Mandate" at Amazon. They discuss an O'Reilly blog post from 2002, including what insights it provides for API consumer and providers today.

Resources:
Tim O’Reilly blog on Amazon APIs - https://web.archive.org/web/20020802192606/http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1707
O’Reilly quoted in Amazon 2002 press release - https://press.aboutamazon.com/2002/7/amazon-com-launches-web-services-developers-can-now-incorporate-amazon-com-content-and-features-into-their-own-web-sites-extends-welcome-mat-for-developers 
O’Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference 2002 Agenda - https://web.archive.org/web/20020802060010/http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/etcon/notes 
O’Reilly JavaOne keynote (Page 1 of 6) - https://web.archive.org/web/20020618063515/http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/06/09/java_keynote.html?page=1 
Steve Yegge Rant - https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611 
Yegge video explaining the rant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GL7gykr1ZE&t=1933s 
Bezos’ book recommendations from the back of “The Everything Store” - https://fs.blog/jeff-bezoss-reading-list/

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