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I'm getting excited for this year's Platform Summit , to be held October 7-9 2024. Speaker submissions are now open! For those unaware, the Platform Summit is Nordic APIs' flagship API conference. Every year, we collect some of the brightest minds in the API industry for an intimate summit to discuss how to create top-tier API platforms. The event is now in its 7th year. I'm helping review submissions for the event and we've already got some great submissions. But, we'd love to feature more API case studies and welcome newcomers. Talk submission details are here . I'm also happy to chat if anyone would like to learn more or suggest topic ideas. Feel free to reach out on my contact page . Here's a playlist of sessions from Platform Summit 2023:

There are a lot of challenges in open source right now. From new licensing restrictions, supply chain issues, open source contributor equity, and beyond, there's a lot to consider. I've gathered input from some of the leading thought leaders in the open-source ecosystem to explore the top challenges facing open source and what the industry needs to evolve. Right now, I'm just looking for the right home for this article. I'm really excited to get this one published!

My opening keynote from the Austin API Summit 2024 explores the similarities between producing hit albums and hit APIs. It's now published here on YouTube . As it turns out, making a hit API is a lot like making a hit music album. You have to find a niche, you need good naming, and you need quality content. Also, on the production side, design, style, experience, and collaboration all matter a lot. At the end of the day, both are products, requiring the right management tools, marketing know-how, and infrastructure to scale. In this SXSW-inspired opening keynote, I look into the parallels between the two endeavors, providing a fun and informative look into specific things API providers should be considering on their journey toward becoming API platform rockstars. 

How is AI evolving API management?

Calling all CIOs...

My opening keynote from the Platform Summit 2023 looks at the role APIs play in shaping our daily lives. It's now published on YouTube. APIs are increasingly in the public consciousness. In this keynote, I examine the role web APIs continue to play in the lives of both end users and software developers. From social media to generative AI, I briefly explore ome areas where APIs currently have the most impact. Whether you are a high-level architect or ground-floor engineer, this talk should provide helpful takeaways and inspire you to keep chugging along with your API-first platform designs.

Today I am thrilled to announce a major milestone update — v30.0! New features include: baby, house, dad responsibilities. This release is backward compatible with v2X.X but 1X.X is no longer supported.

I recently made an appearance on Kin Lane's new show, API Storytelling, a regular discussion about storytelling in the world of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). You can watch our talk here . It's not often that my musings on the tech industry directly intersect with my Creative Writing major past, so this was really fun to be a part of. The event also helped me realize how much I rely on basic storytelling techniques on a daily basis as a tech journalist and editor. I don't consider blogging about why GraphQL has usurped REST a creative writing endeavor per se, but much of what I do involves fundamental storytelling techniques. For example, most of my articles use a three-part structure involving a nut graf (introduction), a problem statement, and a resolution. I prefer thesis-driven posts that have a good framework, similar to what Brian McDonald calls an "armature." Good stories entertain, but great ones carry lessons. Stories impart survival techniques. From the perspective of a tech business publication, the best practices and case studies you share could result in success, whereas those without a lifeline to stories could suffer disruption. Storytelling is critical to share knowledge and improve an industry, especially within a domain with such intense evolution as tech.

I was recently interviewed by Coding over Cocktails on my journey covering the API economy in the past 6 years. Check out the podcast on Spotify.