Mike Amundsen
@mamund.bsky.social
Working to improve the quality and usability of information on the Web with APIs, Microservices, and Digital Transformation
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
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
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
Stigmergy
Ever watched a line of ants carry food back to the nest? That’s stigmergy — and it’s the same idea I’ve been exploring in GRAIL, where software agents follow digital “trails” to reach their goals without a pre-written plan.
buff.ly/Eddnjak
#api360 #aiAgent #genAI
Ever watched a line of ants carry food back to the nest? That’s stigmergy — and it’s the same idea I’ve been exploring in GRAIL, where software agents follow digital “trails” to reach their goals without a pre-written plan.
buff.ly/Eddnjak
#api360 #aiAgent #genAI
August 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Stigmergy
Ever watched a line of ants carry food back to the nest? That’s stigmergy — and it’s the same idea I’ve been exploring in GRAIL, where software agents follow digital “trails” to reach their goals without a pre-written plan.
buff.ly/Eddnjak
#api360 #aiAgent #genAI
Ever watched a line of ants carry food back to the nest? That’s stigmergy — and it’s the same idea I’ve been exploring in GRAIL, where software agents follow digital “trails” to reach their goals without a pre-written plan.
buff.ly/Eddnjak
#api360 #aiAgent #genAI
Guiding Principles of Great Web APIs buff.ly/0ZYymKZ
here's the slide deck for my #BSDC2025 talk. a great event in a beautiful part of the US.
#api360 #apiDesign
here's the slide deck for my #BSDC2025 talk. a great event in a beautiful part of the US.
#api360 #apiDesign
August 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Guiding Principles of Great Web APIs buff.ly/0ZYymKZ
here's the slide deck for my #BSDC2025 talk. a great event in a beautiful part of the US.
#api360 #apiDesign
here's the slide deck for my #BSDC2025 talk. a great event in a beautiful part of the US.
#api360 #apiDesign
Robots, Before They Were Robots buff.ly/LHjeV5I
Before Hollywood, before Boston Dynamics, robots were about labor, not lasers.
#api360 #robots #genAI
Before Hollywood, before Boston Dynamics, robots were about labor, not lasers.
#api360 #robots #genAI
July 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Robots, Before They Were Robots buff.ly/LHjeV5I
Before Hollywood, before Boston Dynamics, robots were about labor, not lasers.
#api360 #robots #genAI
Before Hollywood, before Boston Dynamics, robots were about labor, not lasers.
#api360 #robots #genAI
Focusing on Capabilities Is a Win buff.ly/aXdqpzY
“The first step in breaking the data-centric habit is to stop designing systems as a collection of data services, and instead design for business capabilities.” -- #IrakliNadareishvili
#api360 #genAI
“The first step in breaking the data-centric habit is to stop designing systems as a collection of data services, and instead design for business capabilities.” -- #IrakliNadareishvili
#api360 #genAI
July 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Focusing on Capabilities Is a Win buff.ly/aXdqpzY
“The first step in breaking the data-centric habit is to stop designing systems as a collection of data services, and instead design for business capabilities.” -- #IrakliNadareishvili
#api360 #genAI
“The first step in breaking the data-centric habit is to stop designing systems as a collection of data services, and instead design for business capabilities.” -- #IrakliNadareishvili
#api360 #genAI
Been working on a small framework I’m calling GRAIL (Goal-Resolution through Affordance-Informed Logic). It’s not a planner, not a workflow engine, and success does not depend on an AI/MCP environment.
more here:
github.com/mamund/grail...
#api360 #autonomous #genAI
more here:
github.com/mamund/grail...
#api360 #autonomous #genAI
July 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Been working on a small framework I’m calling GRAIL (Goal-Resolution through Affordance-Informed Logic). It’s not a planner, not a workflow engine, and success does not depend on an AI/MCP environment.
more here:
github.com/mamund/grail...
#api360 #autonomous #genAI
more here:
github.com/mamund/grail...
#api360 #autonomous #genAI
Today I am sharing this blog post from #RyanDay: "Join me for an API Superstream" buff.ly/DMKAXlt
Ryan will be one of the featured speakers at the upcoming #OReillyMedia API//AI superstream .
Check out Ryan's post for details and how to register.
#api360 #genAI
Ryan will be one of the featured speakers at the upcoming #OReillyMedia API//AI superstream .
Check out Ryan's post for details and how to register.
#api360 #genAI
July 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Today I am sharing this blog post from #RyanDay: "Join me for an API Superstream" buff.ly/DMKAXlt
Ryan will be one of the featured speakers at the upcoming #OReillyMedia API//AI superstream .
Check out Ryan's post for details and how to register.
#api360 #genAI
Ryan will be one of the featured speakers at the upcoming #OReillyMedia API//AI superstream .
Check out Ryan's post for details and how to register.
#api360 #genAI
Piano rolls disrupted music copyright 100 years ago.
AI models are doing it again today.
What can we learn?
My latest: From Sheet Music to Source Code
👉 mamund.substack.com/p/from-sheet...
special thanks to @markboyd.bsky.social & @lindybrandon.bsky.social
#AI #Copyright #GenerativeAI #History
AI models are doing it again today.
What can we learn?
My latest: From Sheet Music to Source Code
👉 mamund.substack.com/p/from-sheet...
special thanks to @markboyd.bsky.social & @lindybrandon.bsky.social
#AI #Copyright #GenerativeAI #History
June 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Piano rolls disrupted music copyright 100 years ago.
AI models are doing it again today.
What can we learn?
My latest: From Sheet Music to Source Code
👉 mamund.substack.com/p/from-sheet...
special thanks to @markboyd.bsky.social & @lindybrandon.bsky.social
#AI #Copyright #GenerativeAI #History
AI models are doing it again today.
What can we learn?
My latest: From Sheet Music to Source Code
👉 mamund.substack.com/p/from-sheet...
special thanks to @markboyd.bsky.social & @lindybrandon.bsky.social
#AI #Copyright #GenerativeAI #History
Ants, AI, & the Endless Immensity of the Sea buff.ly/S2biqog
"Let's explore what innovation has meant over time and what it can mean for you and your company right now and into the future. We’ll begin with a bit of forgotten history, where being an "innovator" could lead to imprisonment or worse."
"Let's explore what innovation has meant over time and what it can mean for you and your company right now and into the future. We’ll begin with a bit of forgotten history, where being an "innovator" could lead to imprisonment or worse."
June 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Ants, AI, & the Endless Immensity of the Sea buff.ly/S2biqog
"Let's explore what innovation has meant over time and what it can mean for you and your company right now and into the future. We’ll begin with a bit of forgotten history, where being an "innovator" could lead to imprisonment or worse."
"Let's explore what innovation has meant over time and what it can mean for you and your company right now and into the future. We’ll begin with a bit of forgotten history, where being an "innovator" could lead to imprisonment or worse."
"TypeSpec is an open source language and tooling for describing API contracts, created by Microsoft and shared with the community. "
typespec.io buff.ly/T2wlNME
#typeSpec #api360 #openAPI
typespec.io buff.ly/T2wlNME
#typeSpec #api360 #openAPI
June 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"TypeSpec is an open source language and tooling for describing API contracts, created by Microsoft and shared with the community. "
typespec.io buff.ly/T2wlNME
#typeSpec #api360 #openAPI
typespec.io buff.ly/T2wlNME
#typeSpec #api360 #openAPI
Workflows for Machines, Too buff.ly/NSP5Dec
"As GenAI tools become API clients, our old assumptions about “workflow” start to break down..." -- #MikeAmundsen
#GenAI #Workflow
"As GenAI tools become API clients, our old assumptions about “workflow” start to break down..." -- #MikeAmundsen
#GenAI #Workflow
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Workflows for Machines, Too buff.ly/NSP5Dec
"As GenAI tools become API clients, our old assumptions about “workflow” start to break down..." -- #MikeAmundsen
#GenAI #Workflow
"As GenAI tools become API clients, our old assumptions about “workflow” start to break down..." -- #MikeAmundsen
#GenAI #Workflow
From Discovery to Execution buff.ly/nmHOwXX
"In this new reality, discoverability isn’t just about service location. It’s about affordances. It’s about enabling agents to not only find what services exist, but also understand how to use them."
#genAI #discovery
"In this new reality, discoverability isn’t just about service location. It’s about affordances. It’s about enabling agents to not only find what services exist, but also understand how to use them."
#genAI #discovery
May 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
From Discovery to Execution buff.ly/nmHOwXX
"In this new reality, discoverability isn’t just about service location. It’s about affordances. It’s about enabling agents to not only find what services exist, but also understand how to use them."
#genAI #discovery
"In this new reality, discoverability isn’t just about service location. It’s about affordances. It’s about enabling agents to not only find what services exist, but also understand how to use them."
#genAI #discovery
"Therefore, it stands to reason that an engine built along the lines of the electric computer could be adjusted to arrange words in their right order according to the rules of grammar. There was no stopping Knipe now."
-- The Great Automatic Grammatizator (by Roald Dahl), 1954
buff.ly/arwWOAt
-- The Great Automatic Grammatizator (by Roald Dahl), 1954
buff.ly/arwWOAt
May 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Therefore, it stands to reason that an engine built along the lines of the electric computer could be adjusted to arrange words in their right order according to the rules of grammar. There was no stopping Knipe now."
-- The Great Automatic Grammatizator (by Roald Dahl), 1954
buff.ly/arwWOAt
-- The Great Automatic Grammatizator (by Roald Dahl), 1954
buff.ly/arwWOAt
the only things worse than psychotic wanna-be dictator is a lapdog congress and a delusional supreme court.
#usPoltics
#usPoltics
May 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
the only things worse than psychotic wanna-be dictator is a lapdog congress and a delusional supreme court.
#usPoltics
#usPoltics
Draft SP 800-228 Available for Public Comment | CSRC buff.ly/rMZIa0P
"The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-228, Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems, is now available for public comment."
#NIST #secuirty
"The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-228, Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems, is now available for public comment."
#NIST #secuirty
May 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Draft SP 800-228 Available for Public Comment | CSRC buff.ly/rMZIa0P
"The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-228, Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems, is now available for public comment."
#NIST #secuirty
"The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-228, Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems, is now available for public comment."
#NIST #secuirty
Individual autonomy and public deliberation in behavioral public policy buff.ly/lanwlKX
"The article explores epistemic, normative, and psychological challenges of autonomy as self-constitution and suggests that public deliberation in mini-publics could mitigate some of these challenges."
theMind
"The article explores epistemic, normative, and psychological challenges of autonomy as self-constitution and suggests that public deliberation in mini-publics could mitigate some of these challenges."
theMind
May 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Individual autonomy and public deliberation in behavioral public policy buff.ly/lanwlKX
"The article explores epistemic, normative, and psychological challenges of autonomy as self-constitution and suggests that public deliberation in mini-publics could mitigate some of these challenges."
theMind
"The article explores epistemic, normative, and psychological challenges of autonomy as self-constitution and suggests that public deliberation in mini-publics could mitigate some of these challenges."
theMind
Here's how AI is transforming finance, according to CFOs buff.ly/ieYQboN
"AI is rapidly reshaping the role of chief financial officers (CFOs), offering unprecedented opportunities in automation, data analytics and risk management."
#genAI #transformation
"AI is rapidly reshaping the role of chief financial officers (CFOs), offering unprecedented opportunities in automation, data analytics and risk management."
#genAI #transformation
May 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Here's how AI is transforming finance, according to CFOs buff.ly/ieYQboN
"AI is rapidly reshaping the role of chief financial officers (CFOs), offering unprecedented opportunities in automation, data analytics and risk management."
#genAI #transformation
"AI is rapidly reshaping the role of chief financial officers (CFOs), offering unprecedented opportunities in automation, data analytics and risk management."
#genAI #transformation
MCP: The Ultimate API Consumer (Not the API Killer)
"Now there's a new protocol reshaping the landscape: Model Context Protocol (MCP). And as with any technological shift, misconceptions and hot takes are spreading faster than accurate information."
buff.ly/Y5ps2jB
#KevinSwiber #api360 #MCP
"Now there's a new protocol reshaping the landscape: Model Context Protocol (MCP). And as with any technological shift, misconceptions and hot takes are spreading faster than accurate information."
buff.ly/Y5ps2jB
#KevinSwiber #api360 #MCP
May 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
MCP: The Ultimate API Consumer (Not the API Killer)
"Now there's a new protocol reshaping the landscape: Model Context Protocol (MCP). And as with any technological shift, misconceptions and hot takes are spreading faster than accurate information."
buff.ly/Y5ps2jB
#KevinSwiber #api360 #MCP
"Now there's a new protocol reshaping the landscape: Model Context Protocol (MCP). And as with any technological shift, misconceptions and hot takes are spreading faster than accurate information."
buff.ly/Y5ps2jB
#KevinSwiber #api360 #MCP
Handy API Extension Patterns buff.ly/hVlYxVG
"Starting with a clear look at strong, weak, and "mild" typing styles, the book introduces a resilient approach using structured extensions and runtime accessors that allow APIs to grow gracefully over time."
#api360 #apiDesign #signalSeries
"Starting with a clear look at strong, weak, and "mild" typing styles, the book introduces a resilient approach using structured extensions and runtime accessors that allow APIs to grow gracefully over time."
#api360 #apiDesign #signalSeries
May 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Handy API Extension Patterns buff.ly/hVlYxVG
"Starting with a clear look at strong, weak, and "mild" typing styles, the book introduces a resilient approach using structured extensions and runtime accessors that allow APIs to grow gracefully over time."
#api360 #apiDesign #signalSeries
"Starting with a clear look at strong, weak, and "mild" typing styles, the book introduces a resilient approach using structured extensions and runtime accessors that allow APIs to grow gracefully over time."
#api360 #apiDesign #signalSeries
You See AI Agents but API Evangelist Just Sees API Discovery, Semantics, Hypermedia, Workflows, Automation, and Events by The API Evangelist buff.ly/4gT3AX8
"Staying focused on the interfaces helps build the discipline needed to weather each cycle that comes along."
#api360 #genAI
"Staying focused on the interfaces helps build the discipline needed to weather each cycle that comes along."
#api360 #genAI
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You See AI Agents but API Evangelist Just Sees API Discovery, Semantics, Hypermedia, Workflows, Automation, and Events by The API Evangelist buff.ly/4gT3AX8
"Staying focused on the interfaces helps build the discipline needed to weather each cycle that comes along."
#api360 #genAI
"Staying focused on the interfaces helps build the discipline needed to weather each cycle that comes along."
#api360 #genAI
A Heads-Up: Some Older Posts Will Be Moving Behind the Paywall buff.ly/kPkqfZX
"Hey folks — just a quick note. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be moving some older posts behind the paywall. " -- #MikeAmundsen
#api360 #apiDesign #genAI
"Hey folks — just a quick note. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be moving some older posts behind the paywall. " -- #MikeAmundsen
#api360 #apiDesign #genAI
April 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Heads-Up: Some Older Posts Will Be Moving Behind the Paywall buff.ly/kPkqfZX
"Hey folks — just a quick note. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be moving some older posts behind the paywall. " -- #MikeAmundsen
#api360 #apiDesign #genAI
"Hey folks — just a quick note. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be moving some older posts behind the paywall. " -- #MikeAmundsen
#api360 #apiDesign #genAI
ALPS and MCP: Interaction with AI created by REST constraints buff.ly/VQuHjIO
"The principles of REST, designed in 2000, and ALPS, which defines its semantics, have universal values that can respond surprisingly naturally to the challenge of interacting with LLMs" -- #koriym
#api360 #ALPS #MCP
"The principles of REST, designed in 2000, and ALPS, which defines its semantics, have universal values that can respond surprisingly naturally to the challenge of interacting with LLMs" -- #koriym
#api360 #ALPS #MCP
April 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
ALPS and MCP: Interaction with AI created by REST constraints buff.ly/VQuHjIO
"The principles of REST, designed in 2000, and ALPS, which defines its semantics, have universal values that can respond surprisingly naturally to the challenge of interacting with LLMs" -- #koriym
#api360 #ALPS #MCP
"The principles of REST, designed in 2000, and ALPS, which defines its semantics, have universal values that can respond surprisingly naturally to the challenge of interacting with LLMs" -- #koriym
#api360 #ALPS #MCP
The Growing Medium for API Ecosystems
"Services don’t need to know who will use their results. They just need to leave the results in a place where other services can find it." #MikeAmundsen
buff.ly/VFxaNWs
#api360 #LLMs #microservices
"Services don’t need to know who will use their results. They just need to leave the results in a place where other services can find it." #MikeAmundsen
buff.ly/VFxaNWs
#api360 #LLMs #microservices
April 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Growing Medium for API Ecosystems
"Services don’t need to know who will use their results. They just need to leave the results in a place where other services can find it." #MikeAmundsen
buff.ly/VFxaNWs
#api360 #LLMs #microservices
"Services don’t need to know who will use their results. They just need to leave the results in a place where other services can find it." #MikeAmundsen
buff.ly/VFxaNWs
#api360 #LLMs #microservices