Best APIs You Wont Hate Podcasts (2025)

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All about Mocking, with Wiremock's Tom Akehurst 51:41

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Mocking is one of those things that started out as a simple idea, and has evolved to support an incredible amount of developer use cases over the years. In this episode of the Podcast, Tom from Wiremock chats with Phil about what mocking is, strategies for not littering OpenAPI doc with mocking details, and ways to keep api dev teams empowered by m…

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Generating API Specs can be Painful, with Joel Clermont from Mastering Laravel 27:35

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In this episode of 'APIs You Won't Hate', the Phil discusses API development with Joel Clermont, a prominent member of the Laravel PHP community. They explore different approaches to building APIs, focusing particularly on the debate between code-first and design-first methodologies. Joel shares his experiences and challenges with generating API sp…

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Rails APIs and Clickfunnels with Rich Steinmetz 38:35

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Rich Steinmetz (https://richstone.io/meet-rich) Clickfunnels https://clickfunnels.com/ Developer portal https://developers.myclickfunnels.com/ Bullet Train for Ruby on Rails - https://bullettrain.co/docs/api SuperScaffolding - https://bullettrain.co/docs/super-scaffolding Hyrum's Law - https://www.hyrumslaw.com/ Creators & Guests Rich Steinmetz - G…

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Catching up with Phil, Mike, and Alexander 48:46

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Though we've been working together for a long while, it turns out that Alexander, Phil, and Mike had never all recorded a podcast together before. We caught up to catch up on what everyone's been up to these past few months, to talk APIs, and to gab about the future of this very community. Creators & Guests Phil Sturgeon - Host Mike Bifulco - Host …

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No more API usage nightmares, with Alex Klarfeld from Supergood.ai 30:16

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Supergood.ai OSS on github Alex Klarfeld GitHub LinkedIn Threads / Twitter Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Alex Klarfeld - GuestBy APIs You Won't Hate

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How to source and use expert knowledge for your work 4:12

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One of the most effective ways to grow as a developer is by tapping into the vast pool of knowledge available in the developer community. Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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Building an API for Global News with Artem Bugara from Newscatcher 48:31

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Artem Bugara twitter Newscatcher API On GitHub kotartemiy/newscatcher Research Papers Creators & Guests Artem Bugara - GuestBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Convince me this is a bad idea: how Mercoa built a platform for accounts Payable 38:13

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Show notes Sandeep Dinesh LinkedIn GitHub Twitter Mercoa GitHub - mercoa-finance LinkedIn (00:00) - Sandeep Dinesh from Mercoa (15:57) - Debate me! Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Sandeep Dinesh - GuestBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Designing the API for building Voice Assistants, with Nikhil Gupta from Vapi 40:19

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(00:00) - Introduction and Guest Introduction (00:52) - The Future of Voice AI (01:56) - Wapi's Elevator Pitch (03:27) - Challenges and Opportunities in Voice AI (05:11) - Building Voice AI Solutions (11:00) - The Genesis of Wapi (16:39) - API Design and Developer Experience (21:23) - Docker vs Kubernetes: A Developer's Perspective (22:28) - Hello …

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Unkey's Globally Distributed API key generation - with cofounder James Perkins 43:44

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Unkey: https://unkey.com OSS on GitHub: https://github.com/unkeyed/unkey James Perkins GitHub Twitter (@james_r_perkins) Creators & Guests James Perkins - Guest Mike Bifulco - HostBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Simple habits for a happier team 4:45

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Small changes and management techniques can transform your team's dynamics and boost morale. Explore practices like expressing gratitude, weekly reflections, and eliminating negative behaviors to foster a positive, growing team. Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

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BECOME UNREASONABLE: Designing for Hospitality 5:42

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Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara outlines how to making customers feel exceptionally special. Let's bring these hospitality principles to tech, by creating memorable experiences, and using hospitality to elevate customer satisfaction in product design, engaging with the people using our products. Get yourself a copy of Unreasonable Hospital…

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Keep your tools sharp 3:47

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The tools we use to get our work done are incredibly important, and taking the time to tune them to work just right can make a huge difference in our productivity and happiness. Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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APIs for websites that don't have APIs, with Suchintan Singh from Skyvern 38:42

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Skyvern https://www.skyvern.com/ Skyvern is Open Source! https://github.com/Skyvern-AI/skyvern Launch on Y Combinator's site: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/skyvern Suchintan Singh (YC S23) on LinkedIn Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Suchintan Singh - GuestBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Building a unified API on the shoulders of OSS with Robin Guldener from Nango 32:33

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Robin Guldener from Nango talks to mike about building an open, unified API, the value of building on top of Open Source products, and building a growing product team on this episode of the podcast. Nango.dev - Open, Unified API Nango on GitHub Robin Guldener on LinkedIn Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Robin Guldener - Guest…

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Gestalt: Design principles every developer should know 6:04

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Ever felt that you've seen a design that just makes sense to you, but you couldn't quite put your finger on why? There's rules for that. Let's talk about Gestalt... Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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Why your weekend projects help you level up 4:52

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A look at the cognitive science behind the Hierarchy of Competence, and how dabbling with new frameworks and tools can make you a better developer. Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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Take my money! Some of my favorite tools, and why I pay for them 5:02

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I'm a huge fan of products that use their a free tier to prove their value, and then convert me to a paying customer. Here are a few tools I pay for, and why I think they're worth it. (00:00) - Take my money! Some of my favorite tools, and why I pay for them (00:09) - Introduction (00:50) - Transistor.fm (01:07) - Transistor's Killer Features (02:1…

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Tiny Tips for better SEO 6:29

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I hear from a lot of devs that they don't know where to start with SEO. Here are 3 tiny tips about to get you started. More from me on SEO I wrote a tutorial on setting up Self-healing URLs on your Next.js site that you might find useful. Ever wonder how to correctly add subtitles to your h1 tags? I've got you covered. These are the SEO tools I use…

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Building a developer brand and simple API for email, with Zeno Rocha from Resend 42:01

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Zeno's flash->javascript demo with HTML5, Wormz https://zenorocha.github.io/wormz/ Zeno Rocha @ZenoRocha on Twitter @zenorocha on Threads Dracula theme React email Resend.com Resend Forward Broadcasts - marketing emails Batch email sending - send 100 emails with one API call Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Zeno Rocha - Guest…

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Reflecting on the first year of Craftwork 5:26

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Reflecting on my first year as CTO of Craftwork, and the many things I've learned along the way. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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Princess Beef Heavy Industries, Vacuum, Wiretap: API linting & Compliance with Quobix 55:55

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Quobix - Dave Shanley's site. Code is art daveshanley/vacuum on GitHub - the world's fastest OpenAPI 3, OpenAPI 2 / Swagger linter wework/speccy on GitHub - Well Spectually 🤓 Enforce quality rules on your OpenAPI 3.0.x specifications. Wire⚡️Tap - is the world’s coolest OpenAPI compliance and testing tool, from Quobix Battle of the API Ratings from …

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I hate Tailwind CSS. Here's why I use it. 4:42

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Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that I've come to love. Here's why I use it, and why I think you should too. Have thoughts on this episode? Drop me a line on Threads @irreverentmike Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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Build, Measure, Listen, Rebuild 2:42

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Building better products involves skills you won't learn in computer science school, or at a boot camp. Find success through testing, learning from real-world feedback, and adapting. Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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Is your API able? With Allan Knabe from Apiable 34:02

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Apiable is building an API Portal service that helps API teams to create, secure, market, and monetize API products. In this episode of the podcast, Apiable founder Allan Knabe has a chat with Mike Bifulco about building a great api product. Allan Knabe Apiable - Every API is a business Careers at Apiable Pirate Weather…

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Why your favorite apps and creators all pivot in January 3:56

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The new year is a time for change. But why do so many apps and creators pivot in January? We explore the psychology behind the new year's pivot. See the text version of this edition of Tiny Improvements on mikebifulco.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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Redocly, OpenAPI, and learning to Moonwalk with Lorna Jane Mitchell 48:53

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Lorna Jane Mitchell - lornajane.net Redocly - https://redocly.com/ Meet Redocly CLI: The Modern OpenAPI Sidekick OpenAPI 3.1 Spec OpenAPI Moonwalk (4.0 proposed spec) Find great tools for working with OpenAPI at https://openapi.toolsBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Microsoft built Kiota to keep an API with 20,000 endpoints humming 32:26

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Microsoft Kiota on GitHub Darrel Miller Vincent BiretBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Fitts' Law, and the Beauty of Big Goals 3:57

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By Mike Bifulco

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Learning is an Infinite Game 5:12

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As a founder, you're going to need to learn new skills quickly and efficiently. Keeping your skill for learning sharp is a critical skill, and should can be practiced like any other skill. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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Catching up with Danny Sheridan from Fern 33:25

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Mike and Danny Sheridan from Fern chat about updates to Fern: client library SDK codegen, and their great new docs site generator tool. Fern - https://buildwithfern.com/ Danny Sheridan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheridandanny/ Amazon Smithy Palantir Conjure Fern OSS on GitHub Cohere APIs You Won't Hate: Make your API Idempotent Fern Careers…

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An API to abstract everything, with Roy Pereira from Unified.to 1:01:10

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Unified.to - one API to integrate them all twitter: @unified_api linkedin: Unified-to Roy Pereira online: [email protected] @roymap on twitter linkedin Use Promo code APISYOUWONTHATE2023 for 3 free months on Unified's Startup PlanBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Creating world-class API devX with Sagar Batchu from Speakeasy 34:28

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Sagar Batchu join speakeasy slack Speakeasy - SDKs for your API https://speakeasyapi.dev join beta sdks as runtimes - terraform openapi for chatgpt OSS openapi validator templating engine AI release - clippy for your OpenAPI SpecBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Rich data for every location on Earth, with Ed Freyfogle from OpenCage 44:48

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OpenCage: Convert coordinates to and from places OpenCage Client Libraries Environmental Commitment Ed Freyfogle: Cofounder of OpenCage (freyfogle.com, LinkedIn, Mastodon) OpenStreetMap Localistico - Taking Customers from Search to Store Paper Towns GeoMob meetups podcast OpenCage on Mastodon Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Ed Freyfogle - Gue…

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Permissions are the gift that keep on giving, with Or Weis from Permit.io 46:25

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Permit.io - Never Build Permissions Again Opal - open-source project: Open Policy Administration Layer Or Weis @orweis Or's talk about onboarding and complexity - https://youtu.be/1_Iz0tRQCH4 Permit elements - ready-made UI components for user management and access control Foaz - front-end only authorization…

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No-code APIs and Automation, with Constantin Schreiber from Fastgen 27:37

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Fastgen - Build scalable backends and automations: Request access to the beta at https://fastgen.com/ Fastgen's profile on Y Combinator YC Winter 23 Batch page Constantin Schreiber - email: [email protected] LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/constantinschreiber/ Devs: It's okay to use no-code tools editorial by Mike Bifulco Creators & Gue…

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Analytics for your API, with Steve McDougall from Treblle 40:38

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Phil and Mike sit down for a chat with Steve McDougall, who has just recently started working in Developer Relations at Treblle, a past sponsor of APIs You Won't Hate. Treblle - Mission Control For Your APIs Steve McDougall on Mastodon: @[email protected] Steve McDougall on twitter: @juststeveking API Quality Score https://www.treblle.com/fe…

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Learnin' about webhooks, with Tom Haconen from Svix 28:48

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Svix - webhooks as a service - https://svix.com Svix play - https://www.svix.com/play/ Svix is hiring engineers - https://www.svix.com/careers/ ngrok - https://ngrok.com/ Catch Tom Haconen online - [email protected] svix.com/slack Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Tom Hacohen - GuestBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Jazzed about API client library codegen, with Danny Sheridan from Fern 33:11

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Fern - Build APIs Twice as fast - https://buildwithfern.com/ Fern on GitHub - https://github.com/fern-api/fern Fern's Profile with YCombinator - https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fern Danny Sheridan - CEO and cofounder of Fern [email protected] buf.build - protobuf codegen utility - https://buf.build/ Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host…

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Stigg: Infrastructure for pricing models with Anton Zagrebelny 32:36

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Stigg: https://www.stigg.io/ - API-first pricing and packaging Stigg is Hiring: https://jobs.lever.co/stigg Find Anton Zagrebelny onlin: Linkedin - GitHub — Thanks for listening to APIs You Won't Hate Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host Anzon Zagrebelny - GuestBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Don't roll your own API Management tools, with Josh Twist from Zuplo 55:13

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Our guest this episode is Josh Twist, CEO and Co-founder of Zuplo. We chat about Zuplo's history, their developer products and audience, and the complexities of maintaining APIs in small and large companies. We also discuss Zuplo's support for APIs You Won't Hate through their recent sponsorship of https://openapi.tools. Thanks so much to Zuplo for…

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Perception and unexpected tricks of the mind 3:04

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Let's discuss the fascinating topic of human cognition and how it relates to product design. The way people think and perceive the world is often distorted by biases and expectations, and can be manipulated by the way information is presented. The Von Restorff effect, and use of the Entasis technique in architecture are examples of how cognitive sc…

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Funding Open Source with Dudley Carr from Stack Aid 31:24

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Stack Aid - https://www.stackaid.us/ Dudley Carr - @[email protected] APIs You Won't Hate

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Note-taking tools for devs, with Drew White from Stashpad 31:49

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Stashpad - https://stashpad.com/ Stashpad Discord - https://discord.gg/ScxPxcN9fK Drew White - @drucialBy APIs You Won't Hate

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Design rules everyone should know 6:39

3y ago6:39

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Design Tools Everyone Should know Some links from the show Gymnasium: https://thegymnasium.com Stark: https://getstark.co Coolors: https://coolors.co Color Hunt: https://colorhunt.co/ @color.nerd on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@color.nerd Color Design Workbook: https://hardcover.app/books/color-design-workbook Gymnasium's UX Design Collection (free …

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The Von Restorff Effect, and how AI broke my brain 7:26

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The Von Restorff Effect (sometimes called the Isolation Effect) is a psychological phenomeon that causes people to remember things which defy expectations. In other words, things which stand out in a crowd have a significant competitive advantage. This is a reading of an article stub from my website - head over to https://mikebifulco.com/posts/prod…

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Remote work and the third place 7:05

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This episode was originally published as an article on my website, mikebifulco.com - you can read along there if you prefer: The third place - the secret to a happy life for remote workers Copyright 2022 Mike Bifulco ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Mike Bifulco

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API Environmentalism with Alexander Karan of Climate Clever 41:08

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Mike chats with Alexander Karan, CTO of Climate Clever, where "You can't manage what you don't measure" is a mantra. Climate Clever is an API-first company helping businesses, schools, and homeowners in Australia manage and minimize their carbon footprints. Climate Clever - https://www.climateclever.org/ Alexander's recent Article on APIs You Won't…

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An API for APIs with Gil Feig from Merge 34:02

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On this episode, Mike talks to cofounder of Merge, Gil Feig, about building a service that integrates with many APIs. Find Merge at https://merge.dev Gil Feig @GilFeig Merge is Hiring! Thank you so much to our sponsors: Lob: https://lob.com/careers Treblle: https://treblle.com/apisyouloveBy APIs You Won't Hate

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API Data Privacy with Sean Falconer from Skyflow 42:16

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Mike speaks with Sean Falconer, head of Developer Relations at Skyflow IEEE Conference on Security and Privacy Skyflow blog Sean's article on storing SSNs Robinhood data breach Sean's article on Software Engineering Daily, Why Everyone Needs a Data Privacy Vault Thank you so much to our sponsors: Lob: https://lob.com/careers Treblle: https://trebll…