As Software Eats the World, APIs Eat Software.
summary
APIs make software remotely addressable and change how systems are composed: 3scale powers ~200 APIs, Philips sells Hue as Wi‑Fi lightbulbs and charges about $200 for three bulbs, and a study surveyed 1,000 APIs showing diverse business models. Companies often offload infrastructure (mail, auth, payments) but later rebuild — shedding roughly 70% of external APIs as they scale — while the ecosystem expects hundreds of thousands to a million+ APIs to create new, automated mashups.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 4:02Philips Hue
- 9:05Software Is Eating the World
- 9:33How Is It Changing Software Development from the Other Side
- 10:17Why Do You Build Stuff with Api's What's the Compelling Motivation
- 12:59Downsides to Using External Api
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