James Higginbotham
@launchany
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API and AI coach. Author of "Principles of Web API Design" (Addison Wesley). Instructor. Coach. Consultant. Enterprise architecture
Colorado, USA
Joined May 2009
It took nearly 18 months, but here it is! A step by step guide to designing REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and Async APIs. I’m so thankful to @VaughnVernon for the opportunity to pull together over a decade of API coaching into a single resource
💥 EBOOK NOW AVAILABLE!!! Print coming soon An invaluable guide to building APIs from @launchany
https://t.co/BGh3n7Bpmx
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Finally, now we can have discussions about using AI in the workplace that doesn’t involve CC
Introducing Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work. Cowork lets you complete non-technical tasks much like how developers use Claude Code.
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It is funny to me how many people continue to label waterfall incorrectly and misrepresent design first approach to software development. True waterfall was months and months of crafting documents, typically called Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) that were then
It is interesting to see that many use claude code to implement a waterfall development workflow. They write a multi pages comprehensive spec, then let cc run on its own. There is a reason why people moved away from waterfall in favor of a more iterative workflow where specs are
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I agree that the energy shortage will be an issue as things stand today. However, constraints spark creativity. With the demand for more energy, alongside rising hardware prices, there will be a shift to other, more efficient solutions to accomplish the same things generating
Jeff Bezos “Everyone has their own data center, and that’s not going to last” He said the quiet part out loud The grid can’t keep up, we need substantial power upgrades to fuel AI demand The AI trade isn’t just software, it’s energy Everyone should watch this video
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Wishing @martingero, @bradtravelers, @BaronDestructo & the team a productive time in the #Stargate writers’ room, filled with great creative ideas! So excited to see what comes out of it! 🤩 Until then, we look forward to your updates, Joe. #StargateReturns ❤️
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Quit trying to sell me on this forced interest cap, I’m already in. Telling me that those with poor credit scores should pay 29% or higher APR is so that they and others can have access to an airport lounge and rewards points that are often pennies on the dollar spent is absurd.
Your credit card rewards exist because someone else is paying 25% APR. Cap that at 10% and the points don’t survive. I spent years working inside fintech and card programs. That interest margin is the invisible buffer that makes rewards, lounges, and credits pencil out. Capping
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The reason why RAM has become four times more expensive is that a huge amount of RAM that has not yet been produced was purchased with non-existent money to be installed in GPUs that also have not yet been produced, in order to place them in data centers that have not yet been
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Microservices are not a technical decision. They're an organizational one. If you have: - 5 developers - 1 product - Shared codebase ownership - Daily standups where everyone knows everything You don't need microservices. You need focus. Microservices solve organizational
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Everyone is either offended or excited about “vibe coding.” It’s all the rage and going to solve all your problems, or it’s the next great evil spewing crap code all over your systems. Those of us who love well structured clean code which is modular and concise seem to be a dying
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A legend has passed. I watched Stewart Cheifet when I was a kiddo, after his show and a few others ripped my grandfather to gift me a Commodore 64. That started a multi-decade career in software. I recently revisited some episodes on YouTube and was reminded how important the
arstechnica.com
Cheifet produced more than 400 episodes of TV tracing the rise of personal computing.
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According to X, the game has changed five times so far today. Let’s see where we are by the end of the day
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Exactly what kind of “bind” are you in that demands you tie a tie that quick?
This is the first time I have ever seen this hack. This can easily be done by anyone in a bind or didn’t know how to tie a tie to begin with.
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Tell me you don’t understand the complexity of enterprise sales, procurement, and change management without saying it
someone stop me. seriously. i am going to CLONE your shtty enterprise backend in ONE AFTERNOON. then i am going to SCRAPE your entire customer list. then i am going to COLD EMAIL every single one of them offering the same product but BETTER and for like 80% LESS because i
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Me, thinking about how 2026 *has* to be better than 2025
Happy birthday to Sir Anthony Hopkins, who turns 88 years young today.
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DevRel in 2026 is gonna be wild for API folks
I think you are *crazy* as an API company if you do not a) thoroughly test onboarding for the major tools (repeatedly, since they can degrade via you for no reason at any point upgrade or any time and b) you should probably have a team focused on a non-human customer.
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If Amy’s Ice Cream in Austin opened a movie theater
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“Great, see you in two weeks” … “Wait. You mean, in two days?”
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A burger feeds the body once. A low-priced TV feeds the manufacturer for years.
I went to Walmart today and saw that they are selling 65 inch TVs for $300. Why is it the only thing that comes down in price over time is a complex piece of hardware yet a hamburger triples in that time.
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Today’s definition of a full stack agentic engineer, apparently
why limit yourself to someone else's preference and curation? go build a db go build a web framework go write a file system go build an operating system go build a prog language go write a webserver go build an ORM go build an agent build whatever excites you you have all the
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It is important to have a family tradition
Mrs W wants to watch ‘Love Actually’. In an hour we’ll get to the scene where Emma Thompson opens her present and discovers it’s a Joni Mitchell CD. Then, as per every year, Mrs W will look at me with watery eyes and say ‘if you ever do that to me I’ll chop your balls off’.
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