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API Authentication
API Best Practices
Top 7 API Authentication Methods Compared

Explore the top 7 API authentication methods, their strengths, use cases, and how to choose the right one for your needs.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

1/3/2025

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API Gateway
API Best Practices
Why a Hosted API Gateway Is Better Than Building Your Own

Learn why using an open source or in-house API gateway may not be the right decision for your company when accounting for cost, security, customization, and maintenance.

Josh Twist

Josh Twist

12/16/2024

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API Gateway
API Gateway Hosting Options

An API gateway is a service that acts as an intermediary between clients API requests and your APIs/microservices. Hosting options include: Fully-Hosted (managed by the gateway provider), Self-Hosted (managed and deployed by you), or Hybrid (combination of both).

Josh Twist

Josh Twist

12/16/2024

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API Design
OpenAPI
Generate an OpenAPI From Your Database

Learn how to use DB2OpenAPI to generate a full OpenAPI/Swagger specification from your SQL database schema.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

12/12/2024

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APIs
API Tooling
Building a PostgREST API For Your MySQL Database

Learn how to build a Supabase-inspired, PostgREST compatible, developer experience for interacting with your hosted MySQL Database via REST API and Javascript/Typescript SDK.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

12/10/2024

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Supabase
API Design
Automatically Generate REST and GraphQL APIs From Your Database

Learn about the tools and frameworks you can use to automatically generate a REST API or GraphQL API directly from your SQL and NOSQL database.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

12/4/2024

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APIs
Spotify API Alternatives - Best Music APIs

Spotify is slowly killing its free API. Compare alternatives including Apple Music, SoundCloud, Deezer, Napster and more to find the best Spotify API alternative.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

12/2/2024

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Auth0
Supabase
Auth Pricing Wars: Cognito vs Auth0 vs Firebase vs Supabase

Choosing an affordable but robust authentication service is not easy - especially since Amazon Cognito recently raised their prices. Compare AWS Cognito, Auth0, Firebase authentication, Supabase authentication, and Clerk.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

11/27/2024

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APIs
API Tooling
Using Neon + PostgREST to Build a Supabase-like Developer Experience

Learn how to build a Supabase-inspired developer experience for interacting with your hosted Postgres Database via REST API and Javascript/Typescript SDK.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

11/25/2024

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API Design
API Tooling
How to Convert a SQL Query to an API Request

You can convert SQL Queries into API requests easily using the RQL or OData formats for sending requests, or by using a framework like PostgREST on top of your database.

Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

11/20/2024

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