https://increment.com/apis/ Increment NEW Buy the print edition * Issues * Topics * Store * About * 1 On-Call * 2 Cloud * 3 Development * 4 Energy & Environment * 5 Programming Languages * 6 Documentation * 7 Security * 8 Internationalization * 9 Open Source * 10 Testing * 11 Teams * 12 Software Architecture * 13 Frontend Issue 14 August 2020 APIs * 15 Remote * 16 Reliability * 17 Containers * 18 Mobile * 19 Planning This issue explores all things APIs--from their prehistory to their future, their design and development to their opportunities and impacts. More about this issue * On web API versioning JJ Geewax On web API versioning A practical approach to understanding backward compatibility, versioning strategy, and how to strike a functional balance. * The supply chain of software Jeff Lawson The supply chain of software As the software industry has grown and matured, so too has the transformative power of the API economy. * On the shoulders of APIs Anne-Laure Le Cunff On the shoulders of APIs By fostering engagement and turning participants into cocreators, APIs can play a giant-sized role in scaling digital communities. * How should we build the APIs of tomorrow? Tomer Elmalem How should we build the APIs of tomorrow? A meditation on embracing physics, improving developer experience, and evolving the status quo. * The land before modern APIs Darius Kazemi The land before modern APIs What the history of the HTTP status code can tell us about the future of API design. * Consider the interface Alvaro Videla Consider the interface Empathetic design thinking can reshape the way we build APIs--and the way others build with them. * The Process: Revitalizing API development at PagerDuty Brett Willemsen The Process: Revitalizing API development at PagerDuty Focusing on simplicity and empowerment proved key. * Michelle Bu Eagerly discerning, discerningly eager Approaches to crafting delightful, effective APIs that offer developers both convenience and stability. * Increment Staff APIs at scale Leaders at Adobe, Airbnb, Kong, and PubNub talk API design, documentation, and development. * Lucy Kerner Ask an expert: How should organizations create and maintain threat models of API security risks? * Connecting to art Jennie Choi and Spencer Kiser Connecting to art How The Metropolitan Museum of Art used a public API to share 5,000 years of human creativity with audiences beyond its walls. * Petteri Kivimaki An intro to APIs and e-government The CTO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions explores the role of APIs in a global interoperability puzzle. * Leemay Nassery How low (code) can you go? On low- and no-code solutions and streamlined possibilities for API integrations. * Chris Stokel-Walker Interview: Gail Frederick The VP of eBay's mobile and developer ecosystem talks access, innovation, and big technical changes. Buy the print edition Visit the Increment Store to purchase print issues. Store Continue Reading * 1 On-Call Increment Staff Ask an expert: How should startups approach on-call and incident response? We asked several industry experts if they had any advice for small companies who are just starting to set up their on-call and incident response processes, and here's what they said. * 3 Development Alice Goldfuss Center stage: Best practices for staging environments Tips for developing and maintaining staging environments that will help you build more stable software systems. * 1 On-Call Increment Staff The benefits of transparency: Interview with Sytse "Sid" Sijbrandij, CEO of GitLab We spoke with Sid about GitLab's recent outage, its aftermath, and the impressive level of transparency GitLab offered the public during the outage. * 3 Development Increment Staff What it's like to be a developer at ... 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Lumb The U.S. Government's long road to adopting the cloud The seven-year history of the evolution of government cloud, from "Cloud First" to FedRAMP Tailored. * 2 Cloud Patrick McKenzie An engineer's guide to cloud capacity planning If you're a small company with big dreams for the future, one of the biggest advantages cloud infrastructure providers have over traditional provisioning systems is the flexibility they offer you to adjust the resources your application uses. * 3 Development James Turnbull An introduction to local development with containers Here's how using containers can help you reduce the risk of issues and errors in production. 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