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Bruno Pedro

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Building an API Product: Design, implement, release, and maintain API products that meet user needs: https://a.co/d/dE6pQpK

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · Nov 15

Non-technical API Design should be possible

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Non-technical API Design Should Be Possible

Why aren’t most API Design tools helping non-technical people?

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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 15h

A change of brand: Behind the scenes stories of rebrand glory, drama, or disaster.

https://www.achangeofbrand.com/

A Change Of Brand

www.achangeofbrand.com

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 15h

"Most elements you create during API design are wasted. If they’re not validated by stakeholders, they end up being replaced with new ideas. What if I tell you that API prototyping can be an incremental process?"

apichangelog.substack.com/p/just-in-ti...

Just-in-Time API Prototyping

Can API prototyping be an incremental process?

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 17h

Haha! It made me laugh!

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 17h

What? Why? 😀

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Andy Warhol @warhol.bsky.social · 1d

Brillo Box (Soap Pads), 1964
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 1d

Next week, Mike is doing a workshop about talking to people about your work. It's a small group. It's intensive. People call it transformative or whatever.

If you have professional development budget, direct it here and skip a few annoying meetings.

www.eventbrite.com/e/presenting...

Presenting Work with Confidence!

It doesn't matter how good your work is, if you can’t present it it's going in the trash. Come learn how to present with confidence.

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Jennifer Riggins @jkriggins.bsky.social · 1d

Really really proud of this one and I hope you will sign up

The New Stack @thenewstack.io · 2d

🚀 Coming soon! Move beyond the hype and build a secure, people-first AI strategy that delivers real ROI. Pre-register now for this free eBook, written by @jkriggins.bsky.social, thanks to Red Hat and Intel.

➡️ bit.ly/AI-enterpris...

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 1d

Can API prototyping be an iterative process?

Most elements you create during API design are wasted. If they're not validated by stakeholders, they end up being replaced with new ideas. This is a situation that happens because, as an API Designer, you work on entire APIs. Even when you iterate on a design, you do it holistically, taking the feedback and adapting the whole API accordingly.

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Adriano Mota @adrianomota83.bsky.social · 10d

#APIs are more than just code; they're about people. My new article on @nordicapis.com explores how #APIs are creating real value for #citizens by transforming #public #services.

Let's build a better future, one API at a time.

#API #GovTech #TechForGood #Citizens

nordicapis.com/how-do-apis-...

How Do APIs Create Real Value for Citizens? | Nordic APIs |

APIs are more than code — they connect citizens to public services. Learn how API-first design and security improve digital inclusion.

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 1d

Exactly. That is something that products like Speakeasy help you to achieve. See this video excerpt recorded recently with Georges Haidar from Speakeasy and Ben Smith from Stripe: notes.brunopedro.com/2025/10/09/2...

- Bruno Pedro

LLMs can’t handle large APIs

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 1d

That's a great point. The reason there is no mention of MCP is that I wrote the article in December 2023, and MCP was created in November 2024, almost one year later.

The point I make, that an API with a large number of operations is harder to use by AI, is still valid today, though. Even with MCP.

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 1d

"Especially with AI systems, interacting with a large API becomes more complex. Systems such as ChatGPT expect your API to offer a clear functionality so it can be contextually picked whenever it makes sense."

apichangelog.substack.com/p/api-size-m...

API Size Matters

The majority of APIs have ten paths or fewer

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Blaise Agüera y Arcas @blaiseaguera.bsky.social · 2d

It was a pleasure to join my friend @bbratton.bsky.social of Antikythera as a guest on @drbriankeating.bsky.social’s podcast, Into The Impossible, to explore the computational nature of intelligence and life.

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 2d

"technology is structured in such a way that it’s inherently isolating, that it inherently pulls [people] apart"

notes.brunopedro.com/2025/10/08/2...

- Bruno Pedro

Technology pulls people apart

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 2d

API prototyping can also start with writing minimal code and adding layers on top to progress.

This contrasts with OpenAPI-first API prototyping. Both methods can have their advantages, I reckon.

Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 2d

"There's a mismatch between what API providers think their audience is and who the decision-makers really are. While providers publish their documentation targeting developers, the API decision-makers are less technical and more business-savvy."

apichangelog.substack.com/p/documentin...

Documenting Your API Around Its Capabilities

How can consumers know what your API does if you're not showing its capabilities?

apichangelog.substack.com

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Sync Conf @syncconf.bsky.social · 3d

It was agonizing to choose from among the 34 excellent submissions, but here are the four talks selected from our CFP process!

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 3d

In 1637, tulip bulbs sold for more than canal houses. Then the market crashed & everyone asked, what were we thinking?

Today’s AI boom feels familiar. We’re trading agents and copilots instead of bulbs, but the mania looks the same.

My latest Substack "AI Tulips"
mamund.substack.com/p/ai-tulips

AI Tulips

A field guide to navigating AI hype cycles

mamund.substack.com

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Sylvain Wallez @swallez.com · 3d

😲 Arduino is acquired by Qualcomm! Wondering what this will lead to: Arduino becoming a maker of industrial turnkey products, or Qualcomm developing a range Arduino-branded devkits? blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/07/a...

A new chapter for Arduino – with Qualcomm, UNO Q, and you! | Arduino Blog

Today we’re sharing some truly exciting news: Arduino has entered into an agreement to join the Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. family! This is a huge step in our journey – one that allows us to keep grow...

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 4d

Do AI reasoning models abstract and reason like humans?

New paper on this from my group:

arxiv.org/abs/2510.02125

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Do AI Models Perform Human-like Abstract Reasoning Across Modalities?

OpenAI's o3-preview reasoning model exceeded human accuracy on the ARC-AGI benchmark, but does that mean state-of-the-art models recognize and reason with the abstractions that the task creators inten...

arxiv.org

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 4d

I'm linking an article from the Financial Times. Those are not my statements. I'm simply copying some of the content and linking to the original.

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 4d

Yes, the first statement is quite interesting. It states that telling a story is now more important than designing a product.

What do you mean by "receipts?"

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Nordic APIs @nordicapis.com · 4d

⏳ Only 7 days left until the API Security Unconference (Oct 13) in Stockholm!

Looking for real-world solutions to today's API security challenges?
Secure your spot: https://nordicapis.com/events/the-api-security-unconference/

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Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com · 4d

The product is less important than the process and designers become brands.

notes.brunopedro.com/2025/10/06/2...

- Bruno Pedro

Design has lost its way

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 6d

on.ft.com/46M9mXI Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world. Free to Read.

Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world

Design was once seen as a tool to improve lives — but as modernism has become marketing, that sense of social purpose has drifted away

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