API Resilience Pronovix

A research-heavy field can be difficult to navigate for the layperson. In this case, documentation is an invaluable bridge connecting services and customers. In this episode, Daria Lutchenko (UP42) explains the value of concise and coherent documentation that allows providers to keep up their end of the “social contract”.

How can one ensure that their business remains sustainable? What are the key principles of value-based selling? Is it possible to create a fair distribution of value? In this episode, Stefan Verstraeten (Head of Value at TomTom) discusses these questions, and explains how complexity science as a mental model can help to better understand the way things work. He also narrates his journey to superforecasting (notion of making a prediction), which is a unique initiative. 

Resources:


https://pronovix.com/articles/apis-are-interface-utilities 


https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805


https://apithedocs.org/ai-2024 

APIs are undergoing a transformative shift, and the mindset surrounding APIs is also evolving. In this episode, Kristof Van Tomme is joined by Alicia Miller and Joshua Markham (Verizon), and they explore the concept of APIs as utilities, what it means to approach APIs with a utility mindset, as well as the future of applications in the age of LLMs.

The key to successful architecture isn’t the beautiful design with the perfect abstractions; it is more about knowing what can go wrong and where the fragile areas are. In this episode, Barry O’Reilly (Founder at Black Tulip Technology) shares his experience as an architect with Kristof Van Tomme and points out how residuality theory can help us better understand our industry. 

They discuss topics like the three problems with software architecture, how residuality theory deals with these struggles, and how business strategy is a similar area. In their discussion, they also touch upon the field of LLMs.  



References and further resources:


An Introduction to Residuality Theory - Barry O'Reilly (YouTube video)


@technologytulip


Residues: Time, Change, and Uncertainty in Software Architecture by Barry O’Reilly


The technical and social contracts of APIs - Discussion with Marsh Gardiner (API Resilience podcast episode)


AI The Docs event by Pronovix 


The Open Interface Web: Declaring Interfaces For An Open & Accessible World (Pronovix blog)


Cause, Effect, and the Structure of the Social World by Megan T. Stevenson


Safe Haven: Investing for Financial Storms by Mark Spitznagel

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?




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)

In this episode, Koichi Shiroma (Principal Consultant) narrates his journey of how his team implemented an interface portal. With Kristof Van Tomme, they discuss what can be the business drivers for interface portals and what obstacles one has to overcome during the implementation.

Resources:


https://pronovix.com/articles/apis-are-interface-utilities
https://www.amazon.com/Books-Alicia-Juarrero/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AAlicia+Juarrero