Lately I’ve been working on a project that has significant meaning to me. It’s called the Good Roots Network, and it’s an application designed to connect local gardeners with people in their communities who need food. Growers list available produce, “gatherers” (social workers, non-profits, etc…) request it, and the system coordinates the full lifecycle from availability to pickup. It helps strike a balance in the community, too. When gardeners decide what to grow, it identifies gaps and suggests you grow something nobody else is to increase diversity and availability. Conceptually, it’s simple. Practically, it’s API-driven from the ground up. Roles, inventory state transitions, request validation, ownership transfer, notifications. All of it moves through contracts.
Whether you know it or not, you use APIs every day. They control everything we do. Discover how to join the API revolution by building strong APIs with Open API Spec and Postman.
read more
Serverless applications are great, but they come with a variety of challenges. Discover how to manage the new difficulties of a modern application through proactive monitoring.
read more
Continuous deployment sounds great in theory, but there’s more behind getting a new feature in front of your customers.
read more
Load testing should take a couple of days, not a couple of weeks. We have the tools available at our fingertips… for free
read more
Discover how to automatically renew your OAuth2 access token in Postman so you never have to click the “Get New Access Token” button again.
read more
I’m a software engineer and writer focused on building practical cloud and AI systems with community.
Know moreThank you for subscribing! Check your inbox to confirm.
View past issues. | Read the latest posts.
