APItalists ensure that the right business
use cases are addressed
The State of APIs report was published lately. It’s a industry report which provides good overview to API economy and APIs driven business. This time focus was on “factors that contribute to building successful digital platforms and explores how enterprises can build or participate effectively in digital ecosystems.” Here’s a few quick picks from the report.
Focus on Developer eXperience (DX)
One of the elements in “How to build a winning digital platform” was advice to obsess about developers. Discovery, easy on-boarding, powerful, flexibility and self-service are key element of great Developer eXperience, which in turn is one of the focus points in APIOps community. Great DX is also key stones of APInf.io API managenent platform.
Lead with business use cases
In the report is says that “At successful organizations, business stakeholders define APIs to ensure that the right business use cases are addressed.”
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To me that sounds exactly what APItalists do. APItalist is the other side of the coin and the other side is APIOps (tech). Here’s one example of APItalist’s week in the field.
Both are needed
In the report it is claimed that “Bottom quartile companies mostly focus on technical integration with APIs.”. This might be right. However, to really succeed in API economy you need both: tech (APIOps) and business skills (APItalist).
