I’ve observed that sometimes people use the words “API” and “microservice” and mean the same thing, or they use the terms in other confusing ways. As the famous adage goes, “there’s only two hard problems in computer science, cache invalidation and naming things”, and it seems to be correct when it comes to terminology in the API ecosystem.
I’m exploring these terms, along with containers, in an article APIs and Microservices that now got the more click-baity editorial headline “Stop Calling your APIs Microservices” and has been published in the Stoplight API Corner on Medium. Go and check it out!
Disclosure: This work was paid for by Stoplight.
Thank you for your interest in my talk Specification-driven API with OpenAPI! I have now uploaded the slides to SlideShare.
Tonight I will be at the bits, bytes & bier #3 meetup in the FinTecSystems office in Linden near Gießen and give a talk called Specification-driven API Design with OpenAPI. It will be similar to last week’s talk, but since it’s a meetup targeted at developer, there will be an emphasis on the OpenAPI specification and less about documentation and the role of technical writers.
Thanks to everyone who was at my talk Specification-driven API vs. Technical Writers. If you want to refresh your memory or if you haven’t been at the talk but still interested in the topic you can now get my deck on SlideShare.
I’m at this year’s tekom conference and fair, also known as tcworld18, and I’m about to give a talk titled Specification-driven API vs. Technical Writers. If you found my website because of it, welcome! The slides will be published by tekom after the conference but I will also share them on this site soon.
I’m on a train right now on my way to London. I’ll be attending the API the Docs London 2018 conference and the first DevPortal Awards Gala, where I have the honor to announce the jury winner for the best overall developer portal on behalf of the jury members. This is also a memorable trip because it’s my first time going to London by Eurostar and also probably the last time that this journey doesn’t involve crossing the borders of the EU.