The API Dispatch #9: Podcasts Holiday Special The end of the year is near, so I wanted to make a special edition of this newsletter – a holiday special. Surely you have a lot of stuff to read. But what about something to listen to?

The final issue of this year consists solely of my tips for API-related (and a few unrelated) podcasts: https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-9/

Enjoy the listening and have a happy new year!

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The API Dispatch #8: Range Against the Machine In the October issue of API Dispatch, we’ll take a look at Postman’s State of the API report, highlighting the gap between AI-powered development and AI-ready APIs. We then dive into HTTP caching and the sharp edges you can still bleed on – range, content negotiation, transfer-encoding – and a few under-tested API injection paths. Mike Amundsen returns to tap the sign with his maxim – and to remind you that MCP is (still) not your app.

I've finally republished the remaining two issues of #TheApiDispatch newsletter.

In this one I'm particularly proud of the title and not-so-subtle Roy Fielding joke combined with htmx promo: https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-8/

#HttpCache #Postman

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The August issue of API newsletter opens with my favorite critique of MCP. I dug up an article from acquired Akita Software about HTTP fallacies. And included a farewell to Apiary.io – though it looks like Oracle didn't pull the plug to this day… https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-6/ […]

The API Dispatch #5: Beyond the endpoint, Upon the OpenAPI Spec, Above MCP The July installment of a monthly ‘newsletter’ about APIs. This issue looks back on API meetup, OpenAPI Spec 3.2, and a few optimistic opinions about MCP.

State holiday gave me time to finally catch up with the summer issues of The API Dispatch newsletter. Here's the issue 5 with some optimistic predictions about MCP: https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-5/

Don't worry, I'll balance it out tomorrow.

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The API Dispatch #4: Design-first doesn't have to be OpenAPI Spec first The June installment of a monthly ‘newsletter’ about APIs. This issue focuses on The Language-Oriented Approach to API development, along with TypeSpec, Smithy, and ALPS.

I've finally got to publish the fourth API newsletter: https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-4/

The topic is Language-Oriented Approach to API Development from @smizell, something more developers should know about.

#TheApiDispatch #SpecFirst #TypeSpec #smithy

The API Dispatch #3: The perfect API design workflow doesn't exi… The April installment of a monthly ‘newsletter’ about APIs. This issue focuses on OpenAPI Spec tooling and API design.

In the April issue I focused on OpenAPI spec and API design: https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-3/

Despite all the hype around “AI”, I think there's still need to educate developers about maintainable API design.

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The API Dispatch #2: MCP is coming to eat our APIs! (or maybe not) The March installment of a monthly ‘newsletter’ about APIs. The issue focuses on Model Context Protocol and similar abstractions.

I touched the topic of LLMs and Model Context Protocol. I guess most of the links in the March issue didn't age well: https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-2/

#TheApiDispatch #ModelContextProtocol

The API Dispatch #1 The first installment of a monthly ‘newsletter’ about APIs.

A few months ago I started a curated newsletter about APIs for my colleagues, and since it's being published to LinkedIn, I decided to keep more accessible copy on my blog. I call it The API Dispatch: https://www.bitoff.org/the-api-dispatch-february-2025/

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