16 stories tagged api-design, newest first.
59 points by ingve | 28 comments
Eli Bendersky's blog post reviewing Alexis King's "Parse, don't validate" pattern as applied to Rust, with examples from the standard library and well-known projects.
458 points by palashawas | 255 comments
Reflex blog post benchmarking AI computer use against auto-generated API endpoints on an admin panel, finding computer use far more costly in steps and tokens.
347 points by ahamez | 120 comments
Blog post by Sean Goedecke sharing practical advice on designing good APIs, covering REST, GraphQL, and balancing familiarity with flexibility.
324 points by BerislavLopac | 493 comments
Blog post by Florian Krämer arguing that most APIs called RESTful don't follow Roy Fielding's original REST architectural style as described in his dissertation.
320 points by 90s_dev | 109 comments
Launch blog post for 90s.dev, a web-based API and environment around a 320x180 canvas for building and sharing game maker tools and games.
399 points by MinimalAction | 164 comments
A Dynomight blog essay critiquing NumPy's design, arguing its array broadcasting and indexing make complex computations confusing.
565 points by LorenDB | 532 comments
Collabora blog post by Gustavo Noronha explaining how Matt Godbolt's talk on C++ pitfalls convinced him of Rust's advantages for correct API design.
359 points by n0rdy | 150 comments
Blog post analyzing the Okta Bcrypt cache-key security incident and drawing lessons for designing safer APIs.
374 points by franciscop | 119 comments
A blog post written as short letters to OAuth providers like GitHub and Facebook, pointing out spec violations such as token endpoints returning 200 for errors.
429 points by imartin2k | 131 comments
Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.
1005 points by mattbessey | 602 comments
Blog post by Matt Bessey explaining why, after six years of production use, he no longer recommends GraphQL to most people and what alternatives he prefers.
584 points by oherrala | 252 comments
Blog post arguing that APIs should fail visibly on plain HTTP requests instead of redirecting to HTTPS, noting many major API providers don't.
535 points by todsacerdoti | 400 comments
Cal Paterson's essay on why Amazon S3 stores files but isn't a filesystem, discussing deep modules, mismatched interfaces, and why SAP is painful.
364 points by AndrewDucker | 271 comments
Raymond Chen's Old New Thing blog post on how to implement no-op API stubs correctly, using Windows printing APIs on Xbox as an example.
685 points by matryer | 202 comments
Grafana Labs blog post by Mat Ryer describing how he structures and writes HTTP services in Go, based on 13 years of experience.
441 points by thunderbong | 266 comments
A blog post on applying Rust-inspired practices like strict type hints and sound API design to writing Python code.