A core tenant of the RESTful API development doctrine is that a Uniform Resource Locator, as the name implies, should uniquely identify a resource on the server. Sadly, that simple concept is often ...

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REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice. REST, or Representational State Transfer, is ...

AI, or artificial intelligence, is technology that attempts to simulate human cognitive function. AI has made its way into the software development space in a number of ways. Visit the AI article list ...

In a very real way, APIs are technology’s bridges. And like bridges in the physical world, these digital bridges must be engineered carefully to function and last as intended. Designing an API that’s ...

APIs have silently become the glue that keeps everything together. Be it shipping a mobile app, orchestrating microservices, or running scalable test environments ...