API Intersection

Companies using monolithic architectures are wary of giving up their investment by embracing microservices. But the benefits outweigh the costs, says Sophie Rutard, who leads the API program at credit insurer Euler Hermes.

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Show Notes

One concern holding companies back from embracing microservices is the investment they’ve made in their monolithic architectures. Ultimately, the benefits outweigh the costs, says Sophie Rutard, head of documentation management; identity and access management; and API developer relations at credit insurer Euler Hermes.

As Sophie says, her different responsibilities sound unrelated at first glance. But because the company functions on a microservice architecture, they all interact naturally. 

“It's all APIs that we built: some are part of the document area, some are the backbone of our IT infrastructure, because it's the authorizations for our APIs. And then we expose them on the developer portal that we have built. And that's where it comes all together,” she says.

On this episode of API Intersection, Sophie talks about the challenges of transitioning a nearly 100-year-old company to a new idea, negotiating over your style guide, and seeing APIs as a constant work in progress.

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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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