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⚡Lightning Lesson: Oct 29, 2025 • 12:00pm EDT.

Demo: chat→Flask API + OpenAPI + n8n with evals & guardrails for marketplace taxonomy.

Details: bit.ly/4q6UAn3
Register (free): maven.com/p/18bd3a/bui...
#APIs #AI #n8n
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October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Manual category mapping for 35k+ SKUs across 8+ marketplaces? Painful.
I built an AI categorizer API that automates the process, consistent, scalable, and saves hours.
👉 tmaguire.net/blog/2025/09...
Curious about building AI APIs or using an AI product categorizer? Reach out.

#AI #APIs #RetailTech
AI Driven Product Categorization
I was working with a client who had 35,000+ individual SKUs in their inventory catalog, and they wanted to automate publishing these products to about 8-10 different online marketplaces. Today it’s a ...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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🤖 Streamline your API development with Custom GPTs! Learn how to create AI assistants tailored to your workflow, enhancing efficiency and consistency. Dive into the framework and a practical OpenAPI generator example in my latest blog post:
👉 tmaguire.net/blog/2025/04...
Leveraging AI to quickly prototype APIs
I use AI tools daily for everything from web searches to finding recipes to prototyping APIs. While powerful, these tools often require repeating the same context multiple times for similar tasks. Thi...
https://tmaguire.net/blog/2025/04/14/leveraging-ai-to-prototype-apis.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blog_promotion​
April 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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🔍 Just wrote about API versioning strategies for your developer platform! From Semantic Versioning to different implementation approaches, I break down the pros and cons of each method based on real-world experience.

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API Versioning
As a product manager for SaaS applications, making platform updates is relatively straightforward. Features can be rolled out gradually using feature flags to ensure proper adoption and quality, and a...
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February 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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RIP Santa 😢🎅
The actor Biff Wiff who played Det Crashmore/Santa Claus in ITYSL is saying “I don’t care if I die at all. Everything has sucked lately”
February 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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February 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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🚀 Scaling product teams requires clear role delineation. I’ve outlined a framework to simplify product development:
✅ Why
✅ Who
✅ What
✅ When
✅ Where
✅ How
Is your team aligned? Read more here: tmaguire.net/2024/11/18/w...
#ProductManagement #Leadership #ProductDevelopment
Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of Product Development
I recently had an interesting discussion with some colleagues at a networking event about the differences in the roles and responsibilities of the product management function across organizations. In ...
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November 18, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Something a bit lighter for today, hope you enjoy the parallels between the product life cycle and parenting. While the job title remains the same, as a parent or product manager, the priorities change over time.
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The Parent Product Life Cycle
A while back, I was chatting with a colleague who had just had their first baby. At the same time, my oldest was a couple of weeks away from high school graduation and about to leave for college. We s...
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November 6, 2024 at 1:04 PM