Mike Amundsen
@mamund.bsky.social
Working to improve the quality and usability of information on the Web with APIs, Microservices, and Digital Transformation
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Mike Amundsen
@mamund.bsky.social
· Sep 23
The Hypermedia Commons We Missed
It’s time to ask: do we want a plantation of transactions, or a living commons of creativity?
mamund.substack.com
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
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
Reposted by Mike Amundsen
Thinking about using AI personas for user interviews?
Don’t.
Use AI to prep smarter questions, but always talk to real users.
#ProductManagement #UXResearch #AItools
Don’t.
Use AI to prep smarter questions, but always talk to real users.
#ProductManagement #UXResearch #AItools
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Thinking about using AI personas for user interviews?
Don’t.
Use AI to prep smarter questions, but always talk to real users.
#ProductManagement #UXResearch #AItools
Don’t.
Use AI to prep smarter questions, but always talk to real users.
#ProductManagement #UXResearch #AItools
Reposted by Mike Amundsen
We’ve just launched our Global Digital Health Policy Dashboard, aiming to become an ecosystem view of digital health in each country. Have a look at our beta release and let us know what you think: platformable.com/blog/global-...
Introducing our Global Digital Health Policy Dashboard
Before building out a digital health go to market strategy, or embarking on a digital health initiative in any country, it is important to be able to understand the digital health policy context. The ...
platformable.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We’ve just launched our Global Digital Health Policy Dashboard, aiming to become an ecosystem view of digital health in each country. Have a look at our beta release and let us know what you think: platformable.com/blog/global-...
There is still time to sign up for my Nov-11 "AI-Driven API Design" live course hosted by O'Reilly.
Register here: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...
#api360 #genAI
Register here: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...
#api360 #genAI
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
There is still time to sign up for my Nov-11 "AI-Driven API Design" live course hosted by O'Reilly.
Register here: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...
#api360 #genAI
Register here: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...
#api360 #genAI
Reposted by Mike Amundsen
From structured specs to real-world examples, discover how to make your API documentation readable for both humans and AI.
How to Optimize API Documentation for AI Discoverability | Nordic APIs |
Learn how to optimize API documentation for AI discoverability with structured data, examples, and other best practices.
nordicapis.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
From structured specs to real-world examples, discover how to make your API documentation readable for both humans and AI.
Reposted by Mike Amundsen
Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.
October 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
b.mamund.com/3KXp1fp
"Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped ... and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
b.mamund.com/3KXp1fp
"Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped ... and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
b.mamund.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
b.mamund.com/3KXp1fp
"Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped ... and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
b.mamund.com/3KXp1fp
"Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped ... and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
Reposted by Mike Amundsen
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-stupidity-technology https://mastodonapp.uk/@the_roamer/115395225560522922
the roamer (@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk)
GenAI and what it does to the brain.
Truly excellent "long read" article about genAI and what it does to those who come to rely on it. Well researched, with insightful quotes from thoughtful people.
Good science/tech journalism used to be like that, but on AI topics this has become rare. So much easier for the salaried writer of a mainstream paper just to follow the hype.
The author, Sophie McBain, is listed as a "freelance writer" for Guardian, Times and New Statesman. I am glad she's kept her free mind.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-stupidity-technology
#brain #learning #noAI #StopTheAICorruption #SophieMcBain
mastodonapp.uk
October 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My O’Reilly Live Course AI-Driven API Design returns Nov 11. The last one sold out fast.
We’ll build APIs with AI as a creative partner — using small, focused “AI coaches” to turn stories into specs, docs, and prototypes.
Join me live :https://b.mamund.com/47iCrv4
#APIDesin #LLM #OReillyLive
We’ll build APIs with AI as a creative partner — using small, focused “AI coaches” to turn stories into specs, docs, and prototypes.
Join me live :https://b.mamund.com/47iCrv4
#APIDesin #LLM #OReillyLive
AI-Driven API Design
From vocabulary to documentation and testing
b.mamund.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My O’Reilly Live Course AI-Driven API Design returns Nov 11. The last one sold out fast.
We’ll build APIs with AI as a creative partner — using small, focused “AI coaches” to turn stories into specs, docs, and prototypes.
Join me live :https://b.mamund.com/47iCrv4
#APIDesin #LLM #OReillyLive
We’ll build APIs with AI as a creative partner — using small, focused “AI coaches” to turn stories into specs, docs, and prototypes.
Join me live :https://b.mamund.com/47iCrv4
#APIDesin #LLM #OReillyLive
nailed it
One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
nailed it
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
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
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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
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
Reposted by Mike Amundsen
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...
mamund.site44.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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...
Reposted by Mike Amundsen
Reposted with alt text. Also, from a cursory look, this appears to basically be true, which is pretty funny. Philosophers... debate.
October 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Reposted with alt text. Also, from a cursory look, this appears to basically be true, which is pretty funny. Philosophers... debate.
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 often hides inefficiency and debt. Don’t confuse correctness with competence.
Read the full article here: mamund.substack.com/p/correctnes...
#AI #LLM #CodeQuality
Correctness Isn’t Competence
AI-generated code risks becoming a liability in production unless we demand efficiency and quality.
mamund.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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 often hides inefficiency and debt. Don’t confuse correctness with competence.
Read the full article here: mamund.substack.com/p/correctnes...
#AI #LLM #CodeQuality
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
#api360
October 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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
#api360
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.
This talk shows a working version of an agentic system you can download and adapt to your environment today.
Creating Your Own MCP-Style Agentic System
mamund.site44.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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.
This talk shows a working version of an agentic system you can download and adapt to your environment today.
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."
"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
mamund.site44.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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."
"This talk outlines five critical shifts organizations can make to ensure their API ecosystems are machine-ready: Intentionality, Context, Standardization, Discovery, and Adaptability."
Kicking off our #apiManagement workshop at #apiConference in New York
September 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Kicking off our #apiManagement workshop at #apiConference in New York
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
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
The Hypermedia Commons We Missed
It’s time to ask: do we want a plantation of transactions, or a living commons of creativity?
mamund.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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
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
my book "Design and Build Great Web APIs" s 45% off for the next 48 hours!
Grab it with code "flashsale"
buff.ly/Ta2EIAd
#pragprog #api360 #apiDesign
Grab it with code "flashsale"
buff.ly/Ta2EIAd
#pragprog #api360 #apiDesign
Design and Build Great Web APIs
This fast-paced and comprehensive book covers all the critical aspects of programming web APIs with NodeJS including design, build, test, security, and deployment.
pragprog.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
my book "Design and Build Great Web APIs" s 45% off for the next 48 hours!
Grab it with code "flashsale"
buff.ly/Ta2EIAd
#pragprog #api360 #apiDesign
Grab it with code "flashsale"
buff.ly/Ta2EIAd
#pragprog #api360 #apiDesign
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
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
mamund.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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
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
CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster buff.ly/d88Jloq
CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster
CEOS are some of AI's most devoted acolytes, but they're growing increasingly frustrated as the tech fails to deliver as expected.
futurism.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster buff.ly/d88Jloq
Reposted by Mike Amundsen
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 play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word 'robot'
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.
n.pr
September 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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.
Reposted by Mike Amundsen
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
A quick overview of interoperability
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...
platformable.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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