Tag: API
What Are You Securing?
In the case of information security, we need to ask, “What, exactly, are we trying to protect?” ...
Low-Hanging Fruit, 2023 Edition: Part One
We’ve been cranking it out, haven’t we? Generating cool new toys for the business, creating new infrastructure to host those new toys and trying our best to secure all this new stuff ...
The Case For an API-First SCM
Somewhere around a decade ago, about the time DevOps really started to manifest, we began seeing technology companies—including some of the largest ones today—investing heavily in their APIs. API-first companies managed to ...
The API Life Cycle Mixer’s Manual: What Goes Into a Single Source of Truth?
In bartending, the mixer’s manual is a trusted source of information. These books can contain hundreds of recipes for classic cocktails, some of which might be 100 years old, while others might ...
State of Developer Experience Report Finds Growing API Reliance
Web APIs continue to grow in interest among developer users. APIs can empower new customer experiences and help engineers avoid rebuilding common functions. The technology is also powering microservices and headless architectures ...
Modern DevOps is a Chance to Make Security Part of the Process
I’ve mentioned before, and many of you have lived through, the slowly changing beliefs around DevOps versus security. We are past the days of “Security slows us down” and into “How can ...
Tips For Standardizing API Life Cycle Management
Software life cycle management is becoming more critical for today's technology-fueled organizations—because you can't just release software into the world and expect it to work perfectly for years to come. More often ...
Index Tracks Impressive Growth of API-First Startups
APIs are the building blocks of modern software, and their use continues to grow around the globe. A full 89% of investment into APIs will increase or stay the same over the ...
Introduction to MACH Architecture
In recent years, the need to construct end-to-end digital experiences has become increasingly important. But to deliver new features and services promptly, organizations must double down on agility and reusability. As part ...
Choosing the Right API Solution
There are more choices than ever when it comes to APIs–and that’s a good thing. But it also means you’ll need a strategic plan for choosing the right API solution. Two questions ...
‘The OG App’ Devs’ Facebook Ban | WFH Vs. NYC Real Estate | Calif. Pay Law is GO
In this week’s The Long View: A third party Instagram app causes ructions, remote work causes office slump, and more on Cali’s salary transparency law ...
Empathy for the API Developer
Security teams have always been perceived as an impediment to delivery by software teams who feel that security imposes arbitrary and unreasonable policies and use poorly-integrated tools that are beset with high ...