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"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Tim Lane",
"description": "This is the second pilot for the new API Evangelist Conversations podcast. This is an off the record edition where I interview my alter ego Tim Lane, but obfuscate my voice and hide my face. Like the first one, it isn't that smooth as it is awkward to interview yourself, but I am also just getting started with all the production around this series.",
"date": "2024-08-24 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Tim Lane",
"guestCompany": "ACME Corporation",
"youtubeId": "miPXGNr04H0",
"url": "/store/2024-08-24-session-two/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Kin Lane",
"description": "This is the introductory pilot for the new API Evangelist Conversation podcast, where I interview myself (Kin Lane) to explore the new format, and work out all the kinks with producing and distributing this podcast. It is a little robotic and awkward as I interview myself, but something that will get more natural once I am talking to other human beings.",
"date": "2024-08-27 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Kin Lane",
"guestCompany": "API Evangelist LLC",
"youtubeId": "3M_d-HFd3-A",
"url": "/store/2024-08-23-session-one/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Pat Patterson, Chief Technical Evangelist at Backblaze",
"description": "This is the first actual edition of the API Evangelist Conversation podcast with my friend Pat Patterson, the Chief Technical Evangelist at Backblaze. Always enjoy learning from Pat as we dove into the meaning behind his title, as well as how Backblaze has standardized their API around the Amazon S3 storage API--essentially treating the API as the industry standard for storage.",
"date": "2024-09-03 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Pat Patterson",
"guestCompany": "Backblaze",
"youtubeId": "m2b_bhmMBSs",
"url": "/store/2024-09-03-pat-patterson-backblaze/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Stanislav Zmiev, Tech Lead of Platform Engineering at Monite",
"description": "A very focused conversation on change management and versioning with Stanislav Zmiev, Tech Lead of Platform Engineering at invoicing  and bill pay provider Monite. Stanislav had an extremely nuanced and pragmatic view of API versioning, which I think sets the stage for a very healthy discussion for any company looking to version their mission critical APIs.",
"date": "2024-09-04 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Stanislav Zmiev",
"guestCompany": "Monite",
"youtubeId": "DqO0Ez3FXSU",
"url": "/store/2024-09-04-stanislav-zmiev-monite/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Sebastian Loch, Business Development at FatSecret",
"description": "I dove into the challenges of running a highly curated global nutrition data API with Sebastian Loch, Business Development at FatSecret. He talked about his experience of running a modern API operations that has been around for years, but he also shared his challenges in putting artificial intelligence to work as part of their platform, as well as the uncertainty of providing high quality data via API in a world where AI consumes everything.",
"date": "2024-09-06 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Sebastian Loch",
"guestCompany": "FatSecret",
"youtubeId": "5fgbN1ELR-Y",
"url": "/store/2024-09-05-sebastian-loch-fatsecret/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Adam DuVander, Technical Content Strategist at EveryDeveloper",
"description": "I brought back my old friend and storytelling mentor Adam DuVander to reminisce about the old days of ProgrammableWeb, exploring the reasons behind its demise, but also what the current realities are for API producers in world where people really don't care about APIs, and more about the business solutions that they deliver.",
"date": "2024-09-10 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Adam DuVander",
"guestCompany": "EveryDeveloper",
"youtubeId": "MEQ7UtVuXAA",
"url": "/store/2024-09-10-adam-duvander-everydeveloper/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Daniel Kocot, Head of API Consulting at codecentric AG",
"description": "Daniel Kocot joined me to share some wisdom from the trenches of API consulting about OpenAPI and TypeSpec, helping me better understand the motivations behind, how these specs can work in concert, and how different stops along the API lifecycle motivate our investment in different API specs.",
"date": "2024-09-12 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Daniel Kocot",
"guestCompany": "codecentric AG",
"youtubeId": "IlROkpW1tmU",
"url": "/store/2024-09-12-daniel-kocot-codecentric-ag/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Dale McCrory, Software and Product Management Leader at Breeze Strategy",
"description": "I had a conversation with Dale McCrory, Software and Product Management Leader at Breeze Strategy about the business and product manager view of the API landscape. I am eager to hear from veteran API product managers like Dale about how we convince leadership to invest in APIs, but also API product managers. Dale has a healthy view of the business of APIs, and how this applies across the many different types of APIs we produce and consume--which is something we need more of in the API world to help balance our heavy focus on the technology of APIs over the last decade.",
"date": "2024-09-18 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Dale McCrory",
"guestCompany": "Breeze Strategy",
"youtubeId": "-xh__9CqRW4",
"url": "/store/2024-09-18-dale-mccrory-breeze-strategy/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Robert Buchanan, API Evangelist Driving API Integrations and API First practices at Procter & Gamble",
"description": "Robert came by to share his wisdom on why APIs matter and I can always count on him for hot takes on the realities of our API operations. Robert was a constant back channel during my Breaking Changes days, but I never managed to actually get him on the show. Robert and are in alignment on where most of the deficiencies exist across the API space and I'd that we both share higher technological morals about what makes good APIs and what contributes healthy API operations. I definitely will have Robert back to talk about all the hot button issues with me.",
"date": "2024-09-18 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Robert Buchanan",
"guestCompany": "Procter & Gamble",
"youtubeId": "b-OsSfhVHuw",
"url": "/store/2024-09-18-robert-buchanan-pg/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Jamie Tanna, Engineering Productivity at Elastic",
"description": "Jamie and I connected on the API's You Won't Hate Slack channel, where I started subscribing to his blog. After reading a post on versioning, and more specifically why you should start the version for your API at 0.1.0 instead of 1.0.0, I knew I needed to have him come for a conversation. I really enjoyed Jamie's calm and pragmatic approach to what web APIs are, what Semantic Versioning is, and how versioning and change management can really help us enable both API producers and consumers to stay aligned.",
"date": "2024-09-19 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Jamie Tanna",
"guestCompany": "Elastic",
"youtubeId": "ie6eMzCUI34",
"url": "/store/2024-09-19-jamie-tanna-elastic/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Heather Xiao, Founder and CEO at Horizon Zero Ltd",
"description": "Heather and I go way back talking APIs and open banking standards, but I invited Heather to sit down and educate me more about Smart Data, and how the intersection of APIs and Smart Data can help us bridge multiple industries like finance, healthcare, and travel. Heather shared insights on how as a community we can speak more in terms of what APIs, data, and standards means to actual end-users, framing the API conversation in terms of the meaningful outcomes for everyday human beings.",
"date": "2024-09-24 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Heather Xiao",
"guestCompany": "Horizon Zero Ltd",
"youtubeId": "Y9rXA6P55rg",
"url": "/store/2024-09-24-heather-xiao-horizon-zero-ltd/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Bruno Vaz da Costa, API Architect (digital plumber) at RHI Magnesita",
"description": "Bruno Vaz da Costa, API Architect (digital plumber) at RHI Magnesita came by to share what APIs means to his enterprise operating in the refractory industry, what their biggest challenges are, and thoughts around how they can standardize around APIs. This type of conversation reflects where I want to go with these API conversations, getting out of the API echo chamber and talking with folks doing the good work to standardize and govern APIs in these mainstream industries.",
"date": "2024-09-26 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Bruno Vaz da Costa",
"guestCompany": "RHI Magnesita",
"youtubeId": "PJklPxKmypE",
"url": "/store/2024-09-26-bruno-vaz-da-costa-api-architect-digital-plumber-at-rhi-magnesita/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Sue Smith, Senior Learning Experience Manager at Fastly",
"description": "Sue Smith, Senior Learning Experience Manager at Fastly came by to chat with me about the state of education in the tech sector. Sue has a genuine passion for education and can take just about any area of the tech landscape, dive-in, and begin helping onboard others to some very complex topics. Sue and I share a concern about the amount of investment enterprises and startups make across their operations and teams, and question that we all have enough discipline to consider ourselves engineers. This episode went five minutes beyond the normal cut-off, because I just wasn't paying attention and just enjoying talking with Sue.",
"date": "2024-10-08 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Sue Smith",
"guestCompany": "Fastly",
"youtubeId": "y145tNGjISg",
"url": "/store/2024-10-08-sue-smith-fastly/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Subramanian Krishnan, Architect and API Integration at Cloud Software Group within Citrix",
"description": "Subramanian Krishnan, or simply Subu, Architect and API Integration at Cloud Software Group within Citrix joined came by for an API Evangelist Conversation. Subu was one of the accumulated driving forces that pushed me towards a focus on API governance after our Breaking Changes episode in 2022. So I was happy to have him back to learn more about their API journey. Subu is always pragmatic, seeing the technology, business, and people of APIs equally, which I find to be a rare skill in the world of APIs. So, I enjoyed learning about Subu's push into financial optimization and focus on what Citrix's customers are needing--which is a shift I am seeing beyond just Citrix, and something that is unfolding across many enterprises as they look to do more with fewer resources.",
"date": "2024-10-15 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Subramanian Krishnan",
"guestCompany": "Citrix",
"youtubeId": "GwFzLEjHSn8",
"url": "/store/2024-10-15-subramanian-krishnan-cloud-software-group/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Lorna Mitchell, VP of Developer Experience at Redocly",
"description": "The opinionated and deeply knowledgeable driver of API specifications and VP of Developer Experience at Redocly, Lorna Mitchell came by to share some knowledge on Redocly CLI with me. I have made an executive decision to not have API service providers on my podcast, opting to speak with API producer and consumers, but Lorna transcends her role at Redocly. Lorna is part of the TSC for the OpenAPI Initiative (OAI), and has deep experience across the specs, but more specifically across approaches to lint these specs--this is the knowledge I am looking to tap into during our conversation.",
"date": "2024-10-17 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Lorna Mitchell",
"guestCompany": "Redocly",
"youtubeId": "I-XvwLyd_kQ",
"url": "/store/2024-10-17-lorna-mitchell-redocly/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate at Adobe",
"description": "I was happy to have Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate at Adobe come by for another conversation. Raymond was on Breaking Changes back in the day, and I've been a follower of his work for well over a decade. He provided his obligatory plug for Adobe APIs he is an advocate for, but what is really motivating him was his new work at the intersection of API and AI. I don't have the time and budget to go to deep on AI, so I enjoy learning from someone who is as curious and pragmatic as I am about new technologies, a conversation that left me with some ideas of how I am going to use not just ChatGPT, but also Google Gemini for some of the API profiling work I am doing.",
"date": "2024-10-22 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Raymond Camden",
"guestCompany": "Adobe",
"youtubeId": "FutV8B9mwdE",
"url": "/store/2024-10-22-raymond-camden-adobe/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Luke Seelenbinder, Founder & CEO of Stadia Maps",
"description": "I recently sat down for a conversation with Luke Seelenbinder, Founder & CEO of Stadia Maps to talk about taking on Google Maps with a more sensible and affordable mapping solution. As I learned more about the Stadia Maps journey I found ourselves talking about product-led motions for companies, and what the meaning of APIs as a product was. Luke and Stadia maps reflects the real world businesses who are doing APIs that I am looking to talk with, because they aren't playing in the startup hustle, and actually are building a real-world business that is in tune with and responds to actual market forces.",
"date": "2024-10-24 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Luke Seelenbinder",
"guestCompany": "Stadia Maps",
"youtubeId": "Hk-2z6dExIY",
"url": "/store/2024-10-24-luke-seelenbinder-stadia-maps/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Ian Mai, Executive ADHD & Impulse Control Coach",
"description": "My friend from Postman days Ian Mai came by to talk about addiction and impulse control with me. This isn't your average API conversation, but neither is my podcast, and I am all about sharing my own struggles, while also giving friends a platform to help others with their battles. I appreciate Ian's honesty in his own struggles with addiction and trying to find balance, and wanted to learn more about why he left Postman, and why he said he was leaving tech. I don't see Ian as leaving tech, I think he'll continue to help us all find our way, and be there for anyone who hits the wall or drives into the ditch, as most everyone will experience at one time or another. I always cherished Ian's energy, and think this is the perfect role for him and his boundless enthusiasm.",
"date": "2024-10-28 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Ian Mai",
"guestCompany": "Ian Mai",
"youtubeId": "hZbnB6G1YTE",
"url": "/store/2024-10-29-ian-mai-executive-coach/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Greg Dennis, Senior Software Engineer at Zeil",
"description": "Greg Dennis who was on my team at Postman, and part of my master plan to spend as much VC money as I could on open source API technology, came by to share his expert view on the diff between HTTP APIs and programming language library APIs. Greg is one of the caring souls who are tending to the JSON Schema specification, and has extensive experience developing and maintaining his .NET JSON Schema library--json-everything. Greg is learning more about HTTP API design these days, but I find his view of the art of programming language library API maintenance important, and something that helps expand, color, and shape my views as an HTTP API craftsperson.",
"date": "2024-11-01 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Greg Dennis",
"guestCompany": "Zeil",
"youtubeId": "Pt0DXfyxijk",
"url": "/store/2024-11-01-greg-dennis-zeil/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Asanka Abeysinghe, CTO at WSO2",
"description": "Asanka Abeysinghe, CTO at WSO2 came by for a conversation about the realities on the ground within enterprises when it comes to the platformication of all things, from Internet Developer Portals (IDP) to API platforms. Asanka has been at this a while, and he and I have been discussing the realities of API management for years, and we share a lot of the same views when it comes to the expansion and evolution of our space, but more specifically how do we keep providing what is needed on the ground for teams, no matter what vendor sales cycle or trend we might find ourselves in.",
"date": "2024-12-03 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Asanka Abeysinghe",
"guestCompany": "WSO2",
"youtubeId": "V0uJskoEV1A",
"url": "/store/2024-12-03-asanka-abeysinghe/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Henry Calvert, Global Head of Future Networks @ GSMA",
"description": "Henry Calvert, Global Head of Future Networks at GSMA came by to talk about the GSMA Open Gateway, a suite of APIs the GSMA Open Gateway global initiative aims to drive the exposure and monetization of telecommunication networks through APIs and federation. The GSMA launched the Open Gateway APIs under the Linux Foundation in a project called CAMARA, and you can find all the OpenAPI specifications for the APIs on GitHub. The GSMA looks to have taken a pretty savvy balance between what developers are looking for, telco business leadership, but also government regulators, making for another interesting attempt to modernize telco networks using a standardized API-first approach.",
"date": "2024-12-05 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Henry Calvert",
"guestCompany": "GSMA",
"youtubeId": "H5u14yHDV6c",
"url": "/store/2024-12-05-henry-calvert-gsma/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Lorna Mitchell, OpenAPI Specification Maintainer with the OpenAPI Initiative",
"description": "Lorna Mitchell, OpenAPI Specification Maintainer with the OpenAPI Initiative, and overall API experience expert came by to educate me (us) on OpenAPI Overlays, helping contrast with the core OpenAPI spec, as well as with Arazzo Workflows, sharing how it will help bring more stakeholders into the API lifecycle and contribute to better API experiences. Lorna is a well spring of knowledge when it comes to OpenAPI, but also other specifications, as well as Spectral and other approaches to governing APIs, and she'll be coming back shortly to help educate us all about the intersection of overlays with extensions and how it all will change API experience.",
"date": "2024-12-05 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Lorna Mitchell",
"guestCompany": "OpenAPI Initiative (OAI)",
"youtubeId": "IvRmwiYdA_A",
"url": "/store/2024-12-05-lorna-mitchell/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Claire Barrett, Digital Strategist at APIsFirst",
"description": "Claire Barrett, Digital strategist at APIsFirst came by to talk with me about the realities on the ground with APIs in large enterprises and the increasing chatter regarding the return on investment APIs. Claire's view of things is what API service providers should be tuning into when it comes to aligning product with engineering, treating APIs as a product, and making sense of the real world things business leadership are looking for. I'm thankful for Claire's perspective, but also all the work she does around APIDays, and Women in APIs, but also just being outspoken about the business value of being API-first.",
"date": "2024-12-11 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Claire Barrett",
"guestCompany": "APIsFirst",
"youtubeId": "s8DhZq-VROo",
"url": "/store/2024-12-11-claire-barrett-apisfirst/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Lorna Mitchell, OpenAPI Specification Maintainer with the OpenAPI Initiative",
"description": "Lorna Mitchell, OpenAPI Specification Maintainer with the OpenAPI Initiative, and overall API experience expert came by again, this time to talk about the intersection of OpenAPI extensions and experience. I would say our conversation also intersects with the last conversation I had with her about OpenAPI overlays, but focuses on the need to extend the spec to meet the needs around specific experiences, which may or may not be better addressed with overlays. It is all a very fascinating and ever evolving aspect of the OpenAPI spec world, and I am thankful to have someone so close to the spec to talk through and learn from at the intersection of OpenAPI extensions, overlays, and API experience.",
"date": "2024-12-12 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Lorna Mitchell",
"guestCompany": "OpenAPI Initiative (OAI)",
"youtubeId": "6EySYIfPn38",
"url": "/store/2024-12-12-lorna-mitchell/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Ben Hutton of The Guild Software",
"description": "Ben Hutton of the Guild came by to talk about his recent LinkedIn thread about APIs vs SDKs. The topic is an evergreen one that brings out all of the opinions and I enjoy talking with Ben about it to get his pragmatic view of things. Ben has a lot of experience as a software engineer and working on the JSON Schema specification, which I think gives him unique perspective on what is needed when it comes to integrating with APIs. Ben was on my team at Postman, but we are now collaborating on helping people understand the importance of getting their enterprise schema house in order. Thanks for coming by Ben, and I am looking forward to further unpacking what enterprises are needing from schema to SDKs in future conversations.",
"date": "2025-01-06 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Ben Hutton",
"guestCompany": "The Guild Software",
"youtubeId": "PZ35ayjIbsw",
"url": "/store/2025-01-06-ben-hutton-guild/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Reza Shafii, Product Executive At Kong",
"description": "My friend Emanual had tagged me in one of Reza's posts on LinkedIn about API integrations being dead, so I invitied Reza to come over and explain more about what he meant. I knew the title was bait, but I was interested in hearing Reza's argument and after the conversation it is clear that he's done a lot of thinking at this intersection and wasn't just adding to the AI hype. It was interesting to hear the reasoning for signalling a shift in how we see and abstract away the work APIs are doing, and it was validating to hear that governance will play an important role in KILLING API integrations. ;-) ",
"date": "2025-01-16 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Reza Shafii",
"guestCompany": "Kong",
"youtubeId": "Sk8HNqE5gtg",
"url": "/store/2025-01-16-reza-shafii-kong/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Dave Shanley of Princess Beef Heavy Industries",
"description": "I have been wanting to sit down with Dave for a while now, but I needed to spend more time with Vaccuum to understand where it would fit into my world of API governance. I did that, and then finally got to sit down with Dave Shanley of Princess Beef Heavy Industries, and creator of Vacuum, OpenAPI Doctor, and other important OpenAPI tooling. I finally got the full background of why he felt Spectral was falling short when it came to linting our API specifications, and it was much more than just about speed. I left our conversation with a head full of ideas and a bunch of notes on what is next for API governance and rules, and need to have Dave back talk about OpenAPI Doctor, libopenapi, and his other great work.",
"date": "2025-01-28 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Dave Shanley",
"guestCompany": "Princess Beef Heavy Industries",
"youtubeId": "XSSyeWPmmAo",
"url": "/store/2025-01-18-dave-shanley-princess-beef-heavy-industries/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Vincent Biret, Microsoft Graph SDKs Principal Software Developer at Microsoft",
"description": "I sat down with Vincent Biret, Microsoft Graph SDKs Principal Software Developer at Microsoft to talk about all things integration. I am interested in the intersection of APIs, specifications, and integrations where Vincent operates. Vincent shared his view of important role that OpenAPI plays in taming the Microsoft Graph API landscape, but specifically how it gets applied as part of producer or consumer driven SDK generation using Kiota. Vincent shared all kinds of experience and wisdom at this intersection, but he also shared a pragmatic view of the role APIs, specs, and integrations play when it comes to training LLMs, but also feeding agents deployed on top of those LLMs with the real-time resources and capabilities they will need. It was an illuminating conversation and one I learned a lot, and will be crafting more stories about over the coming weeks.",
"date": "2025-01-29 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Vincent Biret",
"guestCompany": "Microsoft",
"youtubeId": "Pas9tFKZv-Q",
"url": "/store/2025-01-19-vincent-biret-microsoft/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Adrian Machado Staff Software Engineer at Zuplo",
"description": "Adrian Machado from Zuplo came by for a talk on API rate limiting, but not just the technical bits. Zuplo is doing a good job at bridging the business and technical aspects of rate limiting at the API gateway layer, and we had a compelling discussion around how planning your rate limits will shape your overall API business plan. Adrian provided some compelling thoughts around the need for standardization of API rate limits and how we approach the API access plans and policies we are implementing in regions around the globe. After the gateway layer Adrian shared more about the Zuplo ethos of API documentation should be free with their Zudoku offering, something I can definitely get behind. Thanks for the great talk Adrian, come by antyime.",
"date": "2025-01-30 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Adrian Machado",
"guestCompany": "Zuplo",
"youtubeId": "E1yGw-M75wY",
"url": "/store/2025-01-30-adrian-machado-zuplo/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Daniel Kocot, Head of API Consulting at codecentric AG",
"description": "Daniel Kocot came by again to talk about the lines between our private and public APIs. We had been talking about internal, first-party, and third-party APIs back and forth on LinkedIn, and I recommended that he come by and we will have a conversation. He helped me realize that my separation between the layers was more about access, control, and velocity over just about being inside or outside the firewall and DMZ. Daniel sees this for what it is--it is about people. Lines of business, teams, tribes, and partners. Daniel has that very outside-in view of API operations, but Codecentric is being brought inside to solve the big  problems for their customers. Talking with Daniel makes me realize how important it is to have these conversations about our APIs and portals, because not everyone has a handle on the nuance of what is happening at the edge of our enterprises.",
"date": "2025-01-30 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Daniel Kocot",
"guestCompany": "codecentric AG",
"youtubeId": "YAo-U1bgdwM",
"url": "/store/2025-01-30-daniel-kocot-codecentric-ag/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Dave Shanley of Princess Beef Heavy Industries",
"description": "Quobix from from Princess Beef Heavy Industries came by again, this time to talk about OpenAPI Doctor and libopenapi at it's core. I knew "The Doctor" was a modular OpenAPI editor w/ governance built-in, but I didn't realize how deeply modularity is baked into it's design. This modularity allows Quobix to stitch together Vacuum, libopenapi, OpenAPI changes, wiretap, and other Princess Beef Heavy Industries solutions, but also potentially other 3rd party solutions. This modularity in API hubs, dashboards, and tools is fast becoming a common themes in conversations that I am having, and something I am going to work to leverage more as part of my work. This episode went 30 minutes because I wanted to do two separate episoides, 1) OpenAPI, 2) libopenapi, but the stories are so entertwhined we just did it back to back.",
"date": "2025-02-03 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Dave Shanley",
"guestCompany": "Princess Beef Heavy Industries",
"youtubeId": "T-hhuuN-QwQ",
"url": "/store/2025-02-03-dave-shanley-princess-beef-heavy-industries/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation About Nothing Changing in the World of APIs with Jennifer Riggins",
"description": "Tech storyteller and journalist Jennifer Riggins came by for a conversation about why nothing has changed in the world of APIs for the last fifteen years. Jennifer and I go all the way back to the beginning, and she has seen all the same things I've seen. We complained a bit about the impacts of AI, but really that most of the lack of change has been a business thing and not really just technical. I like Jennifer's focus on developers in this moment, and she got me thinking about the relationship between the legacy API management we both have lived through and this new platform reality we operate within. I always enjoy sitting down with Jennifer, and it has been way too long, appreciate you coming by to share some wisdom around why things aren't as progressive as they could be in the API space.",
"date": "2025-02-05 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Jennifer Riggins",
"guestCompany": "Jennifer Riggins",
"youtubeId": "FEw481GjxOk",
"url": "/store/2025-02-05-jennifer-riggins/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation About Trains, AI, Rich Fat Cats, Big Money, and Politics with Adron Hall",
"description": "Adron Hall came by for a conversation about trains. Adron and I share a love of transit and trains, who also make their living slinging APIs. Adron had recommended I read Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen E Ambrose and Empire Express by David Haward Bain back a couple of years ago, which I finally did. Then things kept happening with AI and the current presidency that kept reminding me of the stories in these books and I kepting thinking it would be fun to have Adron come by to share his view of things. I won't spoil any of his great stories, but both books and Adron's view of them, as well as his ability to apply in this moment is gold. Adron is a great storyteller and he gets the technology, but he also the business and politics of technology in a way few do, making for a very entertaining 30 minutes.",
"date": "2025-02-06 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Adron Hall",
"guestCompany": "Composite Thrashing Code",
"youtubeId": "LwNtl5-Xeco",
"url": "/store/2025-02-06-adron-hall/"
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"title": "API Evangelist Conversation With Frank Kilcommins About the OpenAPI Arazzo Specification",
"description": "Frank Kilcommins of SmartBear came by to talk about the OpenAPI Arazzo specification. He shared the history how it came to be and how it is changing the conversation inside and outside the OpenAPI Initiative (OAI). Franks done amazing work to move the API workflows specification over the finish line, but also keep it evolving and moving forward afterwards. The specification has renewed energy with API service providers who are integrating the spec into their API guided walkthroughs, SDK generation, and testing. I am a big fan of Frank's work, and wish we had 10 more of him working at the OpenAPI, so if you are feeling like you have some spare cycles, I recommend you rolling up your sleeves and getting involved. Thanks for coming by and sharing Frank!!",
"date": "2025-02-18 00:00:00 +0000",
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"title": "API Evangelist Conversation With Juan Cruz Viotti of Sourcemeta About Schema Registries",
"description": "Juan Cruz Viotti of Sourcemeta came by for a conversation about the schema registry solution he had recently built. Juan has gone deep into the JSON Schema rabbit hole, deeper than anyone else I've ever met. His validation tooling and schema registry are providing a new foundation for enterprises to get their schema house in order. This is something Juan and I both agree is the single most foundational thing you can invest in when it comes to API governance. I learn so much everytime I talk to Juan and explore his work, and we will be working together more around the evolution of his schema registry, and API Evangelist will be leaning more into using the JSON Schema educational resources he's contributed to at https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/.",
"date": "2025-02-18 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Juan Cruz Viotti",
"guestCompany": "Sourcemeta",
"youtubeId": "ED0cqxNqowk",
"url": "/store/2025-02-27-juan-cruz-viotti/"
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"title": "API Evangelist Conversation With Marc Laventure of Scalar",
"description": "I sat down today with Marc Laventure of Scalar to talk about their API client and documentation offerings, and how they see OpenAPI as a specification. Marc's taken a slightly different approach than other API clients solutions and centering their solutions on just OpenAPI, rather than creating another spec. I feel like it is a sensible approach and can help reduce the complexity across API operations. Marc also shared his vision for their business model and where they will make money, and how they intend to balance that with their very modular and local open-source solutions--which is something I can get behind.",
"date": "2025-03-05 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Marc Laventure",
"guestCompany": "Scalar",
"youtubeId": "VGUm7QnmAuw",
"url": "/store/2025-03-05-marc-laventure/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation With Derek Thompson of Ambassador",
"description": "Derek Thompson of Ambassador came by for a discussion about code generation and artificial intelligence. I had began engaging with Derek's team about the importance of maintaining OpenAPI specs while generating code on Bluesky, and they agreed to have Derek come and share more of his expertise with me on the subject. I was very pleased to hear that first, they weren't focused on client SDKs, and they are generating server stubs, mock servers, and all the details that go with that. I was also very satisfied to hear of their embrace of OpenAPI, but also overlays and Arazzo. I enjoyed Derek's expertise in both API but also AI, and his focus on the developer, as well as respect for OpenAPI.",
"date": "2025-03-06 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Derek Thompson",
"guestCompany": "Amabassador Labs",
"youtubeId": "FizRk34wADo",
"url": "/store/2025-03-06-derek-thompson/"
},{
"title": "API Evangelist Conversation with Mike Amundsen on the Lineage of the Web, Hypermedia, Capabilities, and What Comes Next",
"description": "Mike Amundsen has been writing about hypermedia, REST, microservices, and the semantics of the web for the better part of two decades. In this conversation we walk the lineage — Paul Otlet, Ted Nelson, Wendy Hall, Leonard Richardson — through hypermedia and into the contemporary conversation around capabilities, affordances, and agentic systems. Mike makes the case that capabilities are not just an architectural pattern but a worldview: the ability to do something, made meaningful through ontology, taxonomy, and choreography. Along the way we talk about what the web has become, why microservices still matter, what "agency" really means in an agentic system, and how to stay grounded — and keep your spark — when the hype cycle pulls everyone toward whatever today's tulip happens to be.",
"date": "2026-05-20 00:00:00 +0000",
"guestName": "Mike Amundsen",
"guestCompany": "Independent",
"youtubeId": "j0wpJDPbROY",
"url": "/store/2026-05-20-mike-amundsen/"
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