David Berlind
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S3 E1 - Bold API Predictions with Mike & Matt
In this presentation of the APIs Unplugged podcast, hosts Mike Amundsen and Matt McLarty discuss their bold predictions for the API world in 2022. Their predictions run the gamut from whether GraphQL will replace REST, the rise of API aggregation, and the continuing headache that is API security. → Read More
Did APIs Play a Role in the Exfiltration of Personal Data From Parler.com After the Riot in Washington, DC?
In the aftermath of the riots in Washington, DC several posts went viral alleging that APIs played a role in the potentially private content including text, images, and video that were exfiltrated from Parler.com. We took a deep dive into these allegations in order to set the record straight. → Read More
ProgrammableWeb’s Guide to Modern API Business Models
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the API business models being used by providers today. It revisits the old API business models to see what has changed and also identifies all of the newcomers based on real-world observations across the API economy over the last five years. → Read More
Sendbird Adds Voice and Video Calling to its Portfolio of Communication APIs
Sendbird has announced the addition of voice and video calling APIs to augment its existing chat and messaging API offering. The technology relies on the World Wide Web Consortium's WebRTC standard and offers customers an opportunity to consolidate their in-app communications down to one vendor. → Read More
Arduino To Host Virtual Conference to Battle Covid-19 Today (April 2, 2020)
Arduino, maker of credit-card sized computers that are easily adapted in Internet-of-Things (IoT) fashion to analog or digital devices is hosting a virtual event to talk about project ideas for battling Covid-19 with the Arduino platform. For example, building Arduino-based ventilators. → Read More
69 Percent of IT Leaders Keep the Lights On Instead of Innovating. Enter APIs.
While a recent MuleSoft survey indicates that businesses see digital transformation as being critical to their success, a majority of IT leaders still picture themselves as keeping the lights on versus innovating. ProgrammableWeb's David Berlind discusses the findings with MuleSoft's Ani Pandit. → Read More
Salesforce Commerce Cloud Exposes APIs To Public With New Try-Before-You-Buy Developer Portal
In this presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast, David Berlind, editor in chief of ProgrammableWeb interviews Andrew Lawrence, director of product management at Commerce Cloud at Salesforce. Salesforce Commerce Cloud has launched a newly redesigned API developer portal. → Read More
Post Corona, Code for America Looks to Join Devs, Civic Techies and Gov Officials To Transform GovOps
While private sector companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, etc. draw closer to perfected digital states, the public sector (government agencies and orgs) are woefully behind. In bringing together developers, civic techies, and government officials, Code for America is hoping to change that. → Read More
How APIs Will Democratize Access to Low-Cost Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Even with today's open source technologies for applying artificial intelligence and machine learning, there are still some thorny challenges to getting both right. Especially at a reasonable cost to both the pocketbook and the planet. But API-led approaches might be able to ease the pain. → Read More
March's DC-Area API Meetup to Feature Talks on Serverless, Big Parser APIs, and APIs 101 (Part 3)
This month (March 2020), in addition to ProgrammableWeb editor-in-chief David Berlind's presentation of Part 3 of his long running (and updated) API 101 series, Balvinder Singh from Walmart Labs will be talking about serverless backends using BigParser APIs at the Dc-Area API Meetup. → Read More
Twilio Study Reveals Erosion Of Consumer Trust in Telephone Infrastucture Due to Robocalls
Twilio has released its annual State of Customer Engagement Report and to find out more about the report and the trends that it spotlights, ProgrammableWeb's editor-in-chief David Berlind captured a video interview with Al Cook, the company's Vice President and General Manager of AI → Read More
US Court of Appeals Irreparably Damages API Economy
After a lower court ruled that HiQ was within its rights to circumvent LinkedIn’s API program by “scraping" LinkedIn’s Web pages, a US Court of Appeals upheld the ruling and paved the way for irreparable harm to the API economy. What this means for the future of the API economy remains to be seen. → Read More
Lessons Learned From Building APIs For the US Federal Government
In this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Dec 5, 2019, Oddball.io CTO Rob Wilkinson breaks down the two most important phases of launching successful APIs for the federal government and covering the key components. → Read More
February's DC-Area API Meetup to Feature Talks on Artificial Intelligence and APIs 101 (Part 2)
It's almost February and do you know what that means? It’s time for another monthly API meetup in Washington, DC! The February edition of the meetup is Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020 and will feature two talks; one on succeeding with APIs for artificial intelligence and the other is an APIs 101 talk. → Read More
From the DC-Area API Meetup: How To Build A Scalable API on AWS in 10 Minutes
In this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Nov 5, 2019, calletime.ai co-founder Adam Becker shows attendees how he and his partner collaborated to stand-up an API endpoint in almost no time using three Amazon Web Services. → Read More
What is an API and Why does the API Contract Matter So Much?
In this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Dec 5, 2019, ProgrammableWeb.com editor-in-chief David Berlind kicks off his long running college course on APIs. In this first chapter, Berlind reviews the definition of an API. → Read More
From the DC-Area API Meetup: Government Security Architect Attempts to Learn About API Security
Epigen Senior Information Security Architect Trevor Bryant decides it's time to get smart about the art of securing APIs. As it turns out, there's no one-stop-shop to get smart about API security. Bryant retraces his steps as he attempts to become an overnight expert on the topic of API Security. → Read More
From the DC-Area API Meetup: How an Alternative Data API Can Be Used To Improve Predictive Analysis
From the DC Area API Meetup, Accrue Ltd. CEO Benoit Brookens III discusses the concept of alternative data and how it can be used to improve predictive analysis. In his presentation, Brookens looks back at typhoons rated as 8 or higher and correlates their timing to movement in financial markets. → Read More
ProgrammableWeb Updates API Directory to Better Support Multiple API Versions
For over a decade, ProgrammableWeb has been unable to track multiple versions of an API. In the coming weeks, ProgrammableWeb will migrate to a new data model that addresses that shortcoming while also serving as the foundation for a powerful faceted API search feature as well as its own API. → Read More
MuleSoft Enables “Workforce of the Future” With Free Training and Clicks-Not-Code Development Tools
The demand for skilled Web developers is showing no signs of abating. Organizations operating under the assumption that such developers are all it takes to modernize their monoliths into API-led, agile, shape-shifting high fliers that can survive today’s technical Darwinism are in for an awakening. → Read More