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API Performance
CBOR and UBJSON: Binary Data Formats for Efficient REST APIs

Explore how CBOR and UBJSON can enhance REST APIs through reduced payload size and improved performance, offering efficient binary alternatives to JSON.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

8/10/2025

API Management
API Tooling
Build vs Buy: API Management Tools

Should you build or buy your API management tool? This decision impacts cost, time to market, etc. Here, you'll learn why buying API management tools is better.

Edidiong Asikpo

Edidiong Asikpo

8/8/2025

API Performance
API Best Practices
Enhancing API Performance with HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 Protocols

Upgrade your APIs to HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 for faster, more reliable performance, leveraging advanced features like multiplexing and QUIC protocol.

Martyn Davies

Martyn Davies

8/6/2025

API Performance
API Design
Optimizing REST APIs with Conditional Requests and ETags

Learn how to optimize REST APIs using conditional requests and ETags to improve performance and reduce unnecessary data transfers.

Josh Twist

Josh Twist

8/3/2025

API Security
API discoverability: Why its important + the risk of Shadow and Zombie APIs

Unmanaged APIs like shadow and zombie types create serious security risks. Learn how discoverability can boost efficiency and security.

Martyn Davies

Martyn Davies

7/31/2025

API Security
Troubleshooting Broken Function Level Authorization

Learn how to identify and prevent Broken Function Level Authorization vulnerabilities in APIs through robust security measures and testing techniques.

Martyn Davies

Martyn Davies

7/30/2025

API Security
Troubleshooting Broken Object Level Authorization

Learn how to identify and fix Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) vulnerabilities in APIs to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance.

Martyn Davies

Martyn Davies

7/27/2025

API Security
RFC 9727 api-catalog Explained

RFC 9727 standardizes API catalogs, enhancing discoverability, governance, and lifecycle management for improved API operations.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

7/24/2025

API Versioning
Strangler Fig pattern for API versioning

Learn how the Strangler Fig pattern enables seamless API versioning by gradually replacing legacy systems without downtime.

Josh Twist

Josh Twist

7/21/2025