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platformable.bsky.social @platformable.bsky.social · 5d

In this slide deck @mamund.bsky.social describes how digital businesses and API providers already have all the components and processes in place to build agentic systems: mamund.site44.com/talks/2025-1...

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Correctness Isn’t Competence

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 6d

Reposted with alt text. Also, from a cursory look, this appears to basically be true, which is pretty funny. Philosophers... debate.

Number of times the Wikipedia entry about the ship of Theseus has been edited since it was published in 2003: 2,052
Number of sentences from the original entry that remain today: 0

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 8d

Passing tests ≠ production-ready.

AI-generated code often hides inefficiency and debt. Don’t confuse correctness with competence.

Read the full article here: mamund.substack.com/p/correctnes...

#AI #LLM #CodeQuality

AI-generated code risks becoming a liability in production unless we demand efficiency and quality.

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 9d

had a great time at #apiConference in NYC this week. #thanks to the conference team for a solid event and to all the attendees for the interaction and feedback. hope to see you again soon.

#api360

Creating Your Own MCP-Style Agentic System

Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 9d

Here's my slides for my #apiConference talk "Creating Your Own MCP-Style Agentic System" b.mamund.com/4mKYdfF

This talk shows a working version of an agentic system you can download and adapt to your environment today.

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 9d

Here are my slides for my #apiConference talk "Making Your APIs AI-Ready" b.mamund.com/4oj5vIT

"This talk outlines five critical shifts organizations can make to ensure their API ecosystems are machine-ready: Intentionality, Context, Standardization, Discovery, and Adaptability."

Making Your APIs AI-Ready

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 10d

Kicking off our #apiManagement workshop at #apiConference in New York

The Hypermedia Commons We Missed

Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 17d

What kind of web do we want to leave behind: human or machine?

In a new piece I reflect on an alternate universe of hypermedia imagined by four pioneers:

* Paul Otlet
* Ted Nelson
* Wendy Hall
* Leonard Richardson

Read the full essay: b.mamund.com/42EZ8a9

It’s time to ask: do we want a plantation of transactions, or a living commons of creativity?

Design and Build Great Web APIs

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 21d

my book "Design and Build Great Web APIs" s 45% off for the next 48 hours!

Grab it with code "flashsale"

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#pragprog #api360 #apiDesign

This fast-paced and comprehensive book covers all the critical aspects of programming web APIs with NodeJS including design, build, test, security, and deployment.

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 21d

agreed.

i posted my take on this earlier this week:

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 24d

I get asked all the time: “How should we add AI to our product?”

My answer is simple: Treat AI as a tool, not a feature.

And if you want AI to mean something in your work, put it to work where it counts — in building and sustaining products that last.

Full post here: buff.ly/KgtXCbf

AI is a Tool, Not a Feature

Escaping the trap of AI as fast-fashion slop

AI is a Tool, Not a Feature

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 24d

I get asked all the time: “How should we add AI to our product?”

My answer is simple: Treat AI as a tool, not a feature.

And if you want AI to mean something in your work, put it to work where it counts — in building and sustaining products that last.

Full post here: buff.ly/KgtXCbf

Escaping the trap of AI as fast-fashion slop

CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster

Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 25d

"Driven by a compulsion to cut overhead costs — and avoid the wrath of similarly AI-fixated shareholders — executive teams across the US can’t wait to force AI onto their workforces, consequences be damned."

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 25d

CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster buff.ly/d88Jloq

CEOS are some of AI's most devoted acolytes, but they're growing increasingly frustrated as the tech fails to deliver as expected.

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A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word 'robot'

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NPR @npr.org · 27d

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · 27d

earlier this summer, i covered this in a similar way here:
mamund.substack.com/p/robots-bef...

Robots, Before They Were Robots

Before Hollywood, before Boston Dynamics, robots were about labor, not lasers.

A quick overview of interoperability

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Mark Boyd @markboyd.bsky.social · 29d

We compiled our vids and overviews on interoperability into one post: platformable.com/blog/Interop... Interoperability is an essential component of open digital ecosystems that makes it easier to collaborate and for all orgs to participate

Interoperability is the ability for systems to connect and co-create value. This quick overview describes key concepts of interoperability and provides a model and action list to improve interoperabil...

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Mark Boyd @markboyd.bsky.social · Sep 7

We have a health policy dashboard coming out soon to help stakeholders understand the digital health ecosystem in each country: main players, regulations & opportunities. France gets it. They are already doing something similar to support healthetch go to market gnius.esante.gouv.fr/en/decode-eh...

Decode eHealth internationally

Want to expand into other countries? Find out how to get in touch.

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Ontology, Taxonomy, Choreography

Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · Aug 25

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The best APIs have a certain feel to them. They’re easy to navigate, quick to understand, and surprisingly hard to misuse.

#api360 #apiDesign

The Forgotten Foundation of APIs

3 Ways to String Multiple APIs Together | Nordic APIs |

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · Aug 21

3 Ways to String Multiple APIs Together | Nordic APIs | buff.ly/A9myy4H

"we’re going to look at three common approaches to connecting multiple APIs together. We’ll dive into what these look like practically and see what the world of AI has to say about this process. "

#api360 #genAI #workflow

Should you use serialized flows, specifications, or AI agents? Explore three modern approaches to connecting multiple APIs.

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Why AI-Driven Client Apps Don't Understand Your API

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Mark Nottingham @mnot.net · Aug 20

If you work on HTTP implementations, deploy it at scale, or have a unique perspective or interest in the protocol, you might find other people to talk to at the 2026 HTTP Workshop: https://github.com/HTTPWorkshop/workshop2026?tab=readme-ov-file#2026-http-workshop

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · Aug 19

Why AI-Driven Client Apps Don't Understand Your API buff.ly/AucoXVk

"Four practices that we already know make it easier for human developers to understand and use our APIs ... are the same things that will help AI-driven API clients be more successful, too."

#api360 #OReilly #genAI

Recent surveys point to a massive growth in AI-driven bots crawling the internet looking for APIs. While many of these have malicious intent, a growing number

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Mike Amundsen @mamund.bsky.social · Aug 18

Stigmergy

Ever watched a line of ants carry food back to the nest? That’s stigmergy — and it’s the same idea I’ve been exploring in GRAIL, where software agents follow digital “trails” to reach their goals without a pre-written plan.

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#api360 #aiAgent #genAI