The Future of API Management and the Impact of Platform Engineering - Kenn Hussey, Ambassador
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The document discusses the evolution of API management in the context of platform engineering, emphasizing the need for tools that enhance developer experience and streamline processes for faster software delivery. It highlights the importance of anticipating developer needs, ensuring scalability, and prioritizing security and compliance in API management solutions. The Blackbird tool is presented as a revolutionary product designed to optimize the API development experience through AI-engineered features and collaborative capabilities.
The Future of API Management and the Impact of Platform Engineering - Kenn Hussey, Ambassador
- 1. The Future of API Management & the Impact of Platform Engineering Kenn Hussey, Ambassador
- 2. 2 Agenda 1 2 3 The rise of Platform Engineering How API management tools need to evolve Accelerating your development loops
- 3. 3 VP of Engineering @ Ambassador Based in Canada Previously Puppet & Cloudsmith About Me About Ambassador Ambassador offers a suite of products that serve to accelerate development, expedite testing, and optimize the delivery of API resources. Check out our new API development tool, Blackbird.
- 5. 5 DevOps has revolutionized software development and deployment, but as the complexity of modern cloud-native technologies increases, it has become evident that the current approach has limitations & inefficiencies. Long Live DevOps! Too Little Automation Too Many Tools Surplus of Siloed Teams
- 6. 6 Platform Engineering originated in the need to provide developers with simple, scalable, and user-friendly self-service processes to build software faster. Thank You, Next Simplifying Processes Automating Infrastructure Enhancing Developer Efficiency Accelerating Time to Market Improving Scalability & Resilience Fostering Collaboration
- 7. 7 Developer platforms serve as the backbone of the platform engineering paradigm and but are not just about providing tools and services; they are about empowering developers to perform their best work. Whatʼs in it for me? Provide an Enhanced DX Streamline Operations & Resources Avoid Common Anti-Patterns
- 8. How API Management tools need to evolve
- 9. 9 To truly make internal developer platforms a centerpiece of platform engineering and get it right the first time, tools need to support key strategic practices. #1 Support Key Strategic Practices Anticipate Developer Needs Beware Versioning Challenges Invest in Scalability Prioritize Security & Compliance Promote Internal Adoption
- 10. 10 Today's development challenges require a new breed of API management solutions - ones that are as agile and flexible as the environments developers operate in. #2 Put Developers First High Customization Enhanced Scalability Advanced Security Features Comprehensive Monitoring and Analytics Flexible Policy Enforcement
- 11. 11 At the heart of the developer experience are the inner and outer development loops. The inner dev loop is the cycle of activities a developer performs locally while working on a feature or bug fix. In contrast, the outer dev loop encompasses the broader development life cycle. #3 Focus on the Strange Loops of DX
- 13. 13 The key to increasing developer velocity lies in optimizing their development loops. We must find ways to minimize the “taxˮ imposed by the various steps in the development workflow. The right platform approach can do this. Less is More Faster feedback Familiar local development Access to remote resources Reduced resource usage Collaborative development
- 14. 14 For the ultimate up-level of your API strategy, seek a platform that supports: designing specs with help from AI generating quality boilerplate code sharing mocks for development & testing running & debugging code collaboratively deploying and integrating code before merging changes The Future is Faster, Better API Development
- 15. 15 Blackbird revolutionizes the API development experience with AI-engineered specs, shared mocks, and code that can be generated, run, debugged, and deployed collaboratively in production-like environments. Check out getblackbird.io for more. The Future is Here