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Applying Domain-Driven Driven Design to Integration and Consumption by The API Evangelist

API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 2d

I am working through some thoughts after getting push back around using Domain-Driven Design in API integration and consumption conversations. apievangelist.com/2025/10/14/a...

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 3d

I am finding a way forward in the noise of today’s tech landscape. Last week’s newsletter dive into OpenRouter continued to evolve my view of the landscape....

If Not the Gateway, Then Where?

API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 3d

API Thinking, Data Interface Quadrants, and the role of capability literacy

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Just-in-Time API Prototyping

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 6d

"Most elements you create during API design are wasted. If they’re not validated by stakeholders, they end up being replaced with new ideas. What if I tell you that API prototyping can be an incremental process?"

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Can API prototyping be an incremental process?

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 7d

I keep getting asked what is coming to API integration and automation in this AI moment, and I don't normally deal in telling stories about what is around the corner, but figured I would share this bit. apievangelist.com/2025/10/07/h...

How This Moment Will Shake Out by The API Evangelist

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What is a Capability? by The API Evangelist

API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 8d

Understanding the technology, business, policies, and people of Apis.

Appear | API Schema Automation for Developers

API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 9d

Interesting offering I am evaluating, "The programmable automation layer for your API schema lifecycle. Unifying discovery, validation, documentation, and AI agent automations. Offline-first and real-time." appear.sh

The programmable automation layer for your API schema lifecycle

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 9d

If I can't find an icon or link to GitHub on your home page in header or footer it is unlikely I will be concerned with your developer tooling.

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 14d

Moral Codes: Designing Alternatives to AI

Why the world needs less AI and better programming languages.Decades ago, we believed that robots and computers would take over all the boring jobs and dru

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 17d

Doing a quick "diff" between FinOps and what I've known from the other side of the hustle with API management and monetization -- two sides of the same coin. buttondown.com/apievangelis...

I have been diving deep into the world of FinOps, and how the technology industry is standardizing what we spend on our SaaS, Cloud, and now AI services. I...

Selfish Standardization Using JSON-LD for Job Postings by The API Evangelist

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 20d

Getting at the reasons why we are standardizing APIs. apievangelist.com/2025/09/26/t...

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Trust is the Secret Ingredient Missing in API Discovery by The API Evangelist

API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 22d

Understanding the technology, business, policies, and people of Apis.

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 23d

Most people I am interviewing about API integration & automation do not have a lot of control when it comes to “doing the right thing” with APIs, or whether they use AI or not. They are just being told they need to do something. I think the lack of control is where a lot of us miss the boat.

API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 24d

This weeks API Evangelist newsletter focuses in on automation in an attempt to clarify what we mean when we say agentic in service of automation. buttondown.com/apievangelis...

As I work to help lay an opinionated foundation for what Naftiko produces, I wanted to ground my narrative surrounding automation. Automation matters in this...

A registry for APIs? - Bruno Pedro

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · Sep 16

Can OpenAPI copy MCP and offer an official registry? Why hasn't this been done before? Here's a quick analysis of what happened to ProgrammableWeb, Postman Network, Mashape, and RapidAPI.

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I recently wrote a post on LinkedIn sharing that OpenAPI could follow what MCP is doing to solve discovery. MCP introduced the registry on September 8, 2025. Their goal is to centrally “provide MCP cl...

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · 28d

Minimizing Ambiguity in Business Alignment Using APIs by The API Evangelist

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · Sep 15

Context is one of those magical words out there right now to describe where businesses should be focusing when it comes to making the rubber meet the road...

API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · Sep 8

My newsletter this week is focused on the financialization of everything via APIs and AI. buttondown.com/apievangelis...

The greatest shift in the last in the last five years isn’t artificial intelligence, it is the financialization of everything in our worlds using artificial...

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Naftiko @naftiko.bsky.social · Sep 4

JSON Schema is used by all the other specifications.

✅ OpenAPI 3.1 - bit.ly/3HHVMfx
✅ Arazzo - bit.ly/45QMEhT
✅ Overlays - bit.ly/3HIuo0Z
✅ AsyncAPI - bit.ly/4p2hjA9
✅ APIs.json - bit.ly/3JFPYnr
✅ Spectral Rules - bit.ly/463nawr
✅ MCP - bit.ly/463MQcd
✅ A2A - bit.ly/47tm6Ev

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · Sep 3

ACP merging into A2A underneath the Linux Foundation AI & Data -https://lfaidata.foundation/communityblog/2025/08/29/acp-joins-forces-with-a2a-under-the-linux-foundations-lf-ai-data/#respond

API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · Sep 3

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · Aug 25

One thing that is evident when you look out across the API space is a lack of alignment between business and engineering when it comes what standardization...

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API Evangelist @apievangelist.com · Aug 18

I was immersed in what it takes to automate business all of this week. My definition of automation includes the current notion of agentic automation using...