Connect the humans behind APIs
summary
Argues that organizations must adopt an API mandate for “genai readiness”: export critical data and workflows via genai-compatible APIs, make every API machine-readable (OpenAPI/contract-driven), and treat gateways as AI gateways that manage credentials, caching, governance and costs. Cites a study linking strong API adoption to ~12% higher valuation and ~38% extra growth over years but a 13.5% higher breach risk; cites DORA/industry data showing 7.5% doc gains, 3% code gains, 7.2% drop in stability and high pilot failure rates, so APIs are necessary but not sufficient.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00API Days Melbourne intro
- 7:13GenAI readiness mandate
- 18:23Software 1.0 to 3.0 with AI
- 25:47APIs’ real impact
- 30:05GenAI trapped—APIs key
- 35:22Ten GenAI API mandates
- 42:40Agent experience as DX
- 43:44Versioning AI systems
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