API Intersection

This week on the API Intersection podcast, we chatted with Balan Subramanian, Partner Director of Product for Azure App Platform Services at Microsoft. At Microsoft, he leads the product team that works on the Azure app platform. This includes microservices frameworks such as Dapr, cloud services such as Azure API platform, Azure Logic Apps for integration, Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Spring Apps and a few other services. 

Additionally, Balan is responsible for ecosystem enablement for Azure developers–meaning he works with some of the well-known names in the developer community such as Elastic, Confluent, Redis, Nginx etc. and enables them to bring their SaaS to developers with Azure-native integrations.

Balan provided a few insights on how Microsoft works to create an enticing partner environment, how they use the design-first approach internally, and how they help customers think of their APIs as products (even when they’re not monetized!). 

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This week on the API Intersection podcast, we chatted with Ryan Clifford, API Product Lead, and Matthew Forrest, API Product Manager, at Fiserv. Fiserv is a Fortune 500 fintech company with around 40,000 people across the globe and an API team of 20 that focuses on enabling money movement for thousands of financial institutions and millions of businesses. Full disclosure, they also are a Stoplight customer, so stay tuned for more details about their success in an upcoming case study  

Trying to juggle a massive company alongside a transforming industry and many APIs isn't easy. But luckily for  other enterprise-level API teams, Matt and Ryan have some great advice on what to keep in mind when running an API program at this scale.

Do you have a question you'd like answered, or a topic you want to see in a future episode? Let us know here: stoplight.io/question/

Do you have a question you'd like answered, or a topic you want to see in a future episode? Let us know here: stoplight.io/question/

In this episode of API Intersection, we chatted with Travis Spencer. As the CEO of Curity, a leading supplier of API-driven identity management, and Co-Founder of Nordic APIs, he brought a great perspective on what we can expect in the API security space in the coming months. 

Curity's Identity Server brings identity and API security together to create secure user access to apps and websites. Travis joined us to discuss the latest API security trends and where program leaders can get started when it comes to security best practices.

On the future of API security, Travis expects to see more openness, more regulation, and higher levels of security. 

 
Take a look at Travis's work at curity.io

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Learn more about Claire here: linkedin.com/in/claire-global/
This week on the API Intersection podcast, we had the pleasure of chatting with Claire Barrett, Director of APIsFirst and a founding member of the API Collective. She is also a leader of the Global Women in APIs Initiative via APIDays. If you’re curious, wewe have a joint collaboration with them spotlighting some of the many amazing women in the API industry.

Barrett focuses on supporting large, mature organizations and helping them accelerate their API maturity in line with their business and technology strategies. 

"We repeatedly see that even though people are sometimes coming with what sounds like a bit more of a technical problem, increasingly it's actually a people problem," shares Barrett. "The questions people need help with is 'how do I get more people to understand what's going on and realize the potential? How can I influence and educate more of the people we're working with, sometimes even our customers and our partners, on what we're trying to achieve?' We help them figure out where to get started." 

As a consultant for many large organizations looking to enact API-enabled change, Barrett has seen it all. She lies at the busy intersection of transformation, scaled agile delivery, systems, and platform overhaul. When it comes to who and what to look out for when implementing a solid API strategy for true transformational change, here's her advice. 

Do you have a question you'd like answered, or a topic you want to see in a future episode? Let us know here: stoplight.io/question/

In a slightly different format for our API Intersection podcast, we had the opportunity to welcome Sally Eaves, a vibrant emergent Technology CTO and Global Strategy Advisor living at her own intersection of technology, education, and impact. Eaves brings a background as a technology leader and is now  an advisor to various technology companies on everything from APIs, IoT, and 5G, to AI and blockchain. Her focus is showing technology leaders how to integrate new technologies not just for the business benefit but also for the social impact benefit. 

Eaves focuses on the technology that's changing the world and how it's changing the world for the better (a term she calls 'Tech for Good'). Eaves joined us for a conversation about the impact of APIs specifically and the necessity to create APIs with inclusive design. 

Get in touch and check out Sally's impressive LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/sally-eaves/

Do you have a question you'd like answered, or a topic you want to see in a future episode? Let us know here: stoplight.io/question/

When it comes to defining developer experience, it's not just about the technology; it's about the people who are using it, the processes put in place behind it to ensure a quality experience, and the organization's overall culture. But what does starting that journey actually look like? What are the pain points? What are the important things to keep in mind? In this episode of API Intersection, we speak with Travis Gosselin, Principal Software Engineer at SPS Commerce, to answer exactly that.

Stay updated on Travis and his team by following their blog at tech.spscommerce.com

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We spoke with Jason Bahl, Principal Software Engineer at WP Engine in our latest API Intersection podcast episode. Bahl is the creator and maintainer of WPGraphQL, a free, open-source WordPress plugin that provides an extendable GraphQL schema and API for any WordPress site. Bahl helps reduce friction for developers and site owners who want to use WordPress as a CMS.

GraphQL is an open-source specification for data retrieval from server to client. We had the pleasure of discussing REST versus GraphQL and the many benefits of using GraphQL for API development.

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In our latest podcast episode, we spoke with Aleksei Akimov, Head of API at Adyen. He talks about pushing for a design-first, high-collaboration style approach. He also speaks on how API review is not done in a vacuum. Rather, it should include a variety of opinions from people in different positions. Finally, Aleksei suggests using automated style guides to sift out the boring stuff, allowing for discussion on bigger topics, for example, how customer-centric is your API?

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