📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
APIs Are Having a Moment
With MCPs driving all kinds of rich functionality, APIs are having a real moment. Also in this newsletter: An Arazzo primer, MCP and OpenAPI, and a Hono deep-dive
Alexander Karan
Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian. JavaScript dev and TEDx speaker with a passion for software architecture, well designed APIs, and performance.
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
Throwaway Tooling
In this edition of the newsletter: burnout in Open Source, GraphQL is governance, Fastify v6, Openapi.tools, and supply chain attacks, oh my!
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
Quick: Expose Every Endpoint!
When LLMs make code generation faster, how should API devs find the balance between speed and quality? Also in this newsletter: httpretty, Spectral gets forked, and the API Report Card
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
Extending OpenAPI
One of OpenAPI's unsung heroes is its ability to be extended elegantly. Also in this dispatch: Gin, the HTTP framework for Go, Upyo for sending email, Leaf Wiki, and the HTTP OPTIONS method.
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
Query Is Here
A fresh new HTTP method makes a big splash in the API world. Also in this newsletter, OpenAPI Python, GraphQL 17, Portman, and API Governance with OpenAPI
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
Go Faster with HeyAPI
Hey API's modern approach to building typesafe apis, PatchBay's list of useful APIs, Oxide's Drift, an editorial on the state of work, and more!
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
All Devtools Die
Sunsetting is the most often overlooked part of the product lifecycle; nothing we use is permanent. In this newsletter: Stainless acquired by Anthropic, Arazzo 1.1, Fiber for Golang, and more!
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
Save Money and use APIs
Navigating a website using APIs is many times more efficient than an LLM thrash through tokens - so why isn't it more popular? Also in this newsletter: Fastify + OpenAPI, an HTTPS benchmarking tool, Voiden, and more!
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
Quality Matters
Code quality means API Quality means customer experience means less churn and more growth. Also in this newsletter: Swagger support for OpenApi 3.2.0, Hey API, and how to deal with OpenAPI Changes.
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
How DO you Paywall an API?
We share some tools and tips for monetizing your api. Also in this newsletter: CORS Middleware in Go, Hummingbird2, GraphQL over HTTP,
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
Slop APIs
The convenience of AI is driving devs to write code faster... but is it any good? Also in this newsletter: a podcast with Anvil, GoDoc, REST API vs GraphQL, Va Vite, and more!
📰 APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter)
OpenAPI.tools is Growing
Our community-powered reference site for OpenAPI devtools hits its stride. Also in this dispatch: a podcast with Supergood, oapi-codegen for Golang, Vacuum OpenAPI Linter updates, and more!