Our previous approach to giving all those different consumers access to published content involved building APIs. The producers of content would provide APIs for accessing that content, and also feeds you could subscribe to for notifications for new assets being published.Publishing with Apache Kafka at The New York Times
The microservices architecture moves application logic to services and uses a network layer to communicate between them. Communicating over a network instead of in-memory calls brings extra latency and complexity to the system which requires cooperation between multiple physical and logical components. The increased complexity of the distributed system leads to a higher chance of particular network failures.Designing a Microservices Architecture for Failure
I believe that GraphQL is more than hype. It won’t replace REST tomorrow just yet, but it does offer a performant solution to a genuine problem. It is relatively new, and best practices are still developing, but it is definitely a technology that we will hear about in the next couple of years.GraphQL vs. REST - A GraphQL Tutorial
If you manage to create amazing API documentation and ensure that developers have a positive experience implementing your API, they will sing the praises of your product. Continuously improving your API documentation is an investment, but it can have a huge impact. Great documentation builds trust, differentiates you from your competition, and provides marketing value.Ten Extras for Great API Documentation
With the increase in outsourcing of programming tasks to places where English is not the native tongue this issue has become more prominent. I know of several projects that failed because the programmers could not understand what the intent of the communication was.Programmer Competency Matrix
Simply put, an API declares an interface for you to interact with its logic without you having to know what happens under the hood. This definition can be applied to whatever language, protocol, or environment you're in—as long as it happens on the programmatic level.A Painless Introduction to APIs: Usage, Integration, & Benefits
