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About Slack's new rate limits...

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About Slack's new rate limits...

As APIs become the sneaky backbone of LLM-driven workflows, Slack's update to their API rate limits may be an interesting sign of changing tides.

By Alexander Karan 04 Aug 2025
Generating OpenAPI docs for Java with Spring Boot

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Generating OpenAPI docs for Java with Spring Boot

Learn how to export OpenAPI from your Spring Boot application with Springdoc.

By Phil Sturgeon, Alexander Karan 04 Aug 2025
The 5 Best API Docs Tools in 2025

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The 5 Best API Docs Tools in 2025

Which API documentation tool is the best? It Depends™! Let's go through the best modern tooling and look at when you might want to pick one over another.

By Phil Sturgeon, Alexander Karan 30 Jul 2025
OpenAPI Spec 3.2 is coming

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OpenAPI Spec 3.2 is coming

It's the best thing since sliced OpenAPI 3.1, and it comes with a boatload of interesting new features

By Alexander Karan 15 Jul 2025
Caching, up-front

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Caching, up-front

Teams that plan for data access and caching from the start build faster, more reliable APIs than those who bolt it on in a panic later.

By Alexander Karan 01 Jul 2025
OpenAPI 🤝 OpenMCP

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OpenAPI 🤝 OpenMCP

Will OpenMCP be the hero we need to bring existing standards together with a nascent protocol? Also: DELETE -> HTTP204, gRPC in Node.js, php-node, and JSON Schema Tooling.

By Alexander Karan 16 Jun 2025
JSON Schema: Good, Bad and Ugly

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JSON Schema: Good, Bad and Ugly

Debating the purpose and utility of JSON Schema, alternative approaches and the way we got here. Also in this newsletter: Routers for golang, HTTP Query, API Design Reviews, Versioning, and Oauth 2.1.

By Alexander Karan 02 Jun 2025
Does Every Framework Need Its Own Cloud?

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Does Every Framework Need Its Own Cloud?

The balance between vendor lock-in and cutting edge frameworks is a perpetual game of cat and mouse. FastAPI is the latest in a string of frameworks to release their own cloud framework. Also in this newsletter: Documenting API versions, API governance, node API performance, and openapi.tools!

By Alexander Karan 19 May 2025
Evolving REST is a Pain

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Evolving REST is a Pain

Is JSX the cure-all for too much REST? And the latest from the tech community on apis, including Hurl, Koa, how to write error messages, cacheability and more!

By Alexander Karan 01 May 2025
Schrödinger's Protocol

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Schrödinger's Protocol

AI tooling for APIs is moving so quickly, it can be difficult to tell who's winning. Also in this edition: State of API DevX survey, OpenAPI on BlueSky, Mobile GraphQL at Meta in 2025, and a dev's guide to API-first design

By Alexander Karan 15 Apr 2025
Enforcing API consistency with a large team

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Enforcing API consistency with a large team

Keeping APls consistent in large organizations to speed up integrations, improve code-reuse, and avoid wasting time and money.

By Phil Sturgeon, Alexander Karan 15 Apr 2025
MCP ❤️ APIs

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MCP ❤️ APIs

AI is dead, MCP takes over the world? Also, some non-hyperbolic API tech news, including: Building APIs with Next.js, New URLPattern APIs on Cloudflare, File Uploads, and breaking free from vendor lock-in

By Alexander Karan 01 Apr 2025
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