Scaling the API Economy with Scale-Free Networks.
summary
Argues that current hub-and-curation API designs conflict with the web’s scale-free (power law) networks and will fail as we approach tens of billions of devices. Cites how Larry Page and Sergey Brin used the googler to exploit link structure instead of central indexes, proving the idea and creating a resilient, massively scalable search system. Recommends building node-centric services: client-side aggregators, user-owned data and metadata (like Dropbox and SETI@home do), trading hub fragility for node resiliency and incremental local processing.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00The threat of scaling
- 2:08Lessons from history
- 3:52The evolution of search
- 7:27Understanding power laws
- 14:07Hubs versus resilience
- 18:53A call to decentralization
- 28:50Embracing node-based design
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