API Intersection

An early proponent of APIs and now Engineering Manager at Oracle, Dilip Krishnan has seen the technology grow legs, learn to walk and start to run.

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Show Notes

An early proponent of APIs, Dilip Krishnan has seen the technology grow legs, learn to walk and start to run. 

Dilip is currently Engineering Manager at Oracle, and has previously worked as a senior consultant for American Airlines, CIBER and Geniant, to name a few. 

Like many developers, Dilip has his own views on certain approaches: for example, code-first vs. design-first, microservices vs. SOA, or the importance of hypermedia capability. 

He’s seen the passionate arguments people get into around subjects like this. And he says that convincing a team to unite around one viewpoint requires a skill set many developers don’t appreciate when they sign up for the job: the art of persuasion.

On this episode of API Intersection, Dilip explains why a company culture that encourages criticism can help move everyone forward on APIs, why documentation is not just nice to have but necessary, and the pros and cons of starting with design over code.

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What is API Intersection?

Building a successful API requires more than just coding.

It starts with collaborative design, focuses on creating a great developer experience, and ends with getting your company on board, maintaining consistency, and maximizing your API’s profitability.

In the API Intersection, you’ll learn from experienced API practitioners who transformed their organizations, and get tangible advice to build quality APIs with collaborative API-first design.

Jason Harmon brings over a decade of industry-recognized REST API experience to discuss topics around API design, governance, identity/auth versioning, and more.

They’ll answer listener questions, and discuss best practices on API design (definition, modeling, grammar), Governance (multi-team design, reviewing new API’s), Platform Transformation (culture, internal education, versioning) and more.

They’ll also chat with experienced API practitioners from a wide array of industries to draw out practical takeaways and insights you can use.

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