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MCP or CLI? What Actually Makes Sense for Developer Tools
AI coding assistants are now excellent at using CLIs, so when does building an MCP server actually make sense? The answer has less to do with developers and more to do with everyone else in your user's organization.
Latest Articles
Explore our latest insights on API development, security, and best practices.
Automated Documentation for APIs
Learn how to automatically document your API's behavior us a local-first tool called Demystify.
Why Your API Needs to Run at the Edge
Explore the benefits, trade-offs, and real-world applications of deploying APIs at the edge.
A Holistic View on APIs as an Ecosystem
Learn why you should start treating APIs as complete ecosystems – covering development, deployment, maintenance, and consumption.
Laravel API Tutorial: Build, Document, and Secure a REST API
Learn how to build a PHP API using Laravel, generate OpenAPI documentation with Scramble, and secure it with Zuplo - all for free!
Create a Server Driven CLI from your REST API
Learn how to create a fully server-driven Go CLI from your REST API using OpenAPI and Climate.
FastAPI Tutorial: Build, Deploy, and Secure an API for Free
Learn how to build, host, and secure an API with Python and FastAPI for free using Render and Zuplo. Implement auth, rate limiting, and autogenerate documentation.
How to build an API with Ruby and Sinatra
Learn how to build an API with Ruby and Sinatra. Implement API rate limiting, API key authentication and build an API developer documentation portal.
Tutorial: How to Extract JWT Data
Learn how to extract data from a JWT and use it to implement access control on your API.
Introducing Dedicated Managed and Fully Self-Hosted Zuplo
Zuplo launches dedicated managed and full self-hosted versions of their popular programmable API gateway.
Tutorial: How to Combine API Calls
Learn how to reduce the number of API calls your client application has to make. Using orchestration to combine calls in parallel via a single request will improve performance and create a better experience for your users.
Zudoku: Open-Source API Docs Framework
Developers hould be able to build great API references and documentation for free, that's why we've open-sourced our framework so everyone can use it.
Improve OpenAPI specs with Rate My OpenAPI
Discover why linting your OpenAPI specification is so important and how you, and your users will benefit from adding it to your development workflow.