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what am I working on when i'm not writing new material for "AI-Driven API Design" w/ O'Reilly?

I continue to run experiments to expand the functionality of my GRAIL autonomous ecosystem.

here's a peek at a possible future for my current CLI environment.

#api360 #apiDesign #genAI
September 23, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Guiding Principles of Great Web APIs buff.ly/0ZYymKZ

here's the slide deck for my #BSDC2025 talk. a great event in a beautiful part of the US.

#api360 #apiDesign
August 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ontology, Taxonomy, Choreography buff.ly/XQjeLLD

The best APIs have a certain feel to them. They’re easy to navigate, quick to understand, and surprisingly hard to misuse.

#api360 #apiDesign
Ontology, Taxonomy, Choreography
The Forgotten Foundation of APIs
mamund.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Been working on a small framework I’m calling GRAIL (Goal-Resolution through Affordance-Informed Logic). It’s not a planner, not a workflow engine, and success does not depend on an AI/MCP environment.

more here:
github.com/mamund/grail...

#api360 #autonomous #genAI
July 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ALPS and the Topographic Mindset buff.ly/nO1jEQA

"With ALPS, you're not boxed into one way forward. You're offered a landscape of affordances..."

#api360 #alps #affordance
March 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
2024 : An API year in Review

https://buff.ly/3VZFS3S

"It has been a busy 2024 for me and for the API space in general."

#api360
2024 : An API year in Review
2024 was a productive and stimulating year.
buff.ly
January 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We are destroying software - buff.ly/3CFy8Oa

"We are destroying software by no longer taking complexity into account when adding features or optimizing some dimension."

#api360 #software
April 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Wherefore HATEOAS

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"I want to discuss the pros and cons of embedding Hypermedia in a web API."

#api360 #hypermedia
Wherefore HATEOAS
Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State
buff.ly
March 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
At Cincinnati airport to start my #apiDays Paris adventure (CVG-DTW-CDH). Typical weather delays at Detroit but still optimistic for my chances to arrive on time in Paris without too much drama.

#mcaTravels #api360
December 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
And now #DarrelMiller delivering the #openAPI keynote "Delivering Authentic Intelligence with OpenAPI"

#apiDays #api360
December 3, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Waiting to board the first leg of my flight to California (CVG-DTW-SFO) for this week's #apiWorld.

#api360 #apiDesign #genAI
August 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Robots, Before They Were Robots buff.ly/LHjeV5I

Before Hollywood, before Boston Dynamics, robots were about labor, not lasers.

#api360 #robots #genAI
July 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
From APIs to Capabilities to Support AI Agents buff.ly/YAjmkHe

"MCP effectively turns traditional services into agent-readable capabilities." -- #ChristianPosta

#api360 #genAI #MCP
From APIs to Capabilities to Support AI Agents
Enterprise application architecture is once again on the verge of transformation. We’ve moved from mainframes to client-server, and recently from monoliths to microservices. Each evolution has been…
buff.ly
May 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Join me April 16th for "Rethinking API Architecture for the AI Era" w/ Treblle

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#api360 #genAI #treblle
April 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What's wrong with AI-generated docs buff.ly/pgCDd0H

let me tell you what’s wrong with docs and docs sets entirely generated by LLMs.

#api360 #genAI #documentation
May 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
my book "Design and Build Great Web APIs" s 45% off for the next 48 hours!

Grab it with code "flashsale"

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#pragprog #api360 #apiDesign
Design and Build Great Web APIs
This fast-paced and comprehensive book covers all the critical aspects of programming web APIs with NodeJS including design, build, test, security, and deployment.
pragprog.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"TypeSpec is an open source language and tooling for describing API contracts, created by Microsoft and shared with the community. "

typespec.io buff.ly/T2wlNME

#typeSpec #api360 #openAPI
June 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Why Aren’t APIs Using Code on Demand?

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"Why a
ren't APIs taking advantage of code-on-demand, one of the constraints of REST?"

#api360 #REST
March 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
SmartBear unveils AI-driven API and Insight Hubs for teams

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"The Insight Hub focuses on providing development teams with enhanced observability features."

#api360 #observability
February 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Heading home (CDG-IAD-CVG) after a great week at #apiDaysParis.

Kudos to speakers & staff.

good to catch up with old friends and to make new ones.

#api360 #mcaTravels
December 6, 2024 at 10:26 AM
i must confess i am positively giddy that research on training and interacting with LLMs is chock full of references and explorations of *affordances*

#genAI #LLMs #hypermedia #api360
March 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You See AI Agents but API Evangelist Just Sees API Discovery, Semantics, Hypermedia, Workflows, Automation, and Events by The API Evangelist buff.ly/4gT3AX8

"Staying focused on the interfaces helps build the discipline needed to weather each cycle that comes along."

#api360 #genAI
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
had a great time at #apiConference in NYC this week. #thanks to the conference team for a solid event and to all the attendees for the interaction and feedback. hope to see you again soon.

#api360
October 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
ALPS and MCP: Interaction with AI created by REST constraints buff.ly/VQuHjIO

"The principles of REST, designed in 2000, and ALPS, which defines its semantics, have universal values ​​that can respond surprisingly naturally to the challenge of interacting with LLMs" -- #koriym

#api360 #ALPS #MCP
April 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Heading to Austin, TX for a week of #ArcOfAI. Should be an interesting week.

#api360
April 12, 2026 at 10:06 AM