This episode of the InfoQ podcast is the API Showdown, recorded during QCon Plus in November 2021. What is the single best API technology you should always use? Thomas Betts moderated the discussion, with the goal to understand some of the high-level features and capabilities of three popular technologies for implementing APIs. The discussion covers some of the pros and cons of GraphQL and gRPC, and why you might use them instead of a RESTful API.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/327JNmD

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API Showdown: REST vs. GraphQL vs. gRPC – Which Should You Use?

In this episode, we talk about the “smells” in API design that one should look out for. Keith Casey from ngrok’s Product and GTM Team tells us how to evaluate your API design, what a great (and terrible) API design looks like and how API design smells can be dealt with. He also talks to us about his time trying to figure out how much data is in the Library of Congress and his underlying goal of bringing good technology to the hands of good people.

API Design Smells with Keith Casey

In episode 140 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with James Perkins of Unkey. This talk examines the difficulties developers face when issuing auth keys to end users. James also shares lessons from his firsthand experience scaling an open source side project into a full time startup.

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Jamstack Radio - Ep. #140, Accelerating API Development with James Perkins of Unkey

To realize the true benefits of an “API-first” approach and the efficiencies that an API platform can bring, organizations should view governance from a fresh perspective.  

In this webcast, we will explore new approaches to API governance, including:

- best practices to help organizations scale their API program
- how governance can enable security and compliance
- how to execute API governance throughout design, implementation, and runtime operations

Download the slides here: http://bit.ly/1W27Shk
Watch the full recording here: https://youtu.be/HKmw9gfMOxE

Deep-Dive: Rethinking Governance in an API-First World

API Consultant and LaunchAny Founder James Higginbotham lays out how developers can create an API program that will drive the digital transformation of enterprises. He also explains the importance of identifying the purpose and operations of an API and properly defining the scope through the ALIGN, DEFINE, and DESIGN approach and how the top-down or bottom-up organizational approaches work on digital transformation.

Creating a Formal API Program with James Higginbotham

Heavybit is the leading early-stage investor in enterprise infrastructure. Since 2013, we've helped launch and scale visionary technical startups—from DevSecOps and feature flagging to AI code generation and beyond. We go hands-on from day 0, backing founders as they turn code into companies and build the future of software from the bottom up to the top down.

Software engineers, architects and team leads have found inspiration to drive change and innovation in their team by listening to the weekly InfoQ Podcast. They have received essential information that helped them validate their software development map. We have achieved that by interviewing some of the top CTOs, engineers and technology directors from companies like Uber, Netflix and more. Over 1,200,000 downloads in the last 3 years.

Coding Over Cocktails is created by TORO Cloud, a company that offers a low-code, API centric platform for application development & integration.

This podcast series will tackle issues faced by enterprises as they manage the process of digital transformation, application integration, low-code application development, data management, and business process automation.

Watch out for exciting and engaging content from guests who will touch on topics such as APIs as the center and foundation of applications, integrations, and business processes.

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