A beginner’s guide to JSON, the data format for the internet
When APIs send data, chances are they send it as JSON objects. Here's a primer on why JSON is how networked applications send data.
The Authorization Code grant (in excruciating detail) Part 2 of 2
Previously, I examined OAuth at a high level, including the standards and the grants outlined in the specifications. If you haven’t you may want to read that article. In this post, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of integrating OAuth to protect resources like APIs. While there are a number of different ways to do…
Debugging best practices for REST API consumers
How you can debug the APIs that you consume but don't own.
Best practices for REST API security: Authentication and authorization
If you have a REST API accessible on the internet, you're going to need to secure it. Here's the best practices on how to do that.
Podcast 342: You’re just as likely to ruin a successful product as make it better
Working from home? We chat about being your own operations department and battling scope creep solo.
Ben Popper
Director of Content
Podcast 324: Talking apps, APIs, and open source with developers from Slack
We chat about Slack's open source SDKs, such as Bolt for Javascript, Python, and Java.
Ben Popper
Director of Content
The complexities—and rewards—of open sourcing corporate software products
Two engineers at Salesforce talk about how they decoupled a complex library from old spaghetti logic, then open sourced that library by creating a new internal process where none existed before.
The perils of impersonation tooling
On Wednesday, July 15th, a bitcoin scam hit Twitter. Celebrities such as Elon Musk, Barack Obama, and Bill Gates appeared to tweet out a message that promised to return double the amount of bitcoin sent to a specific wallet. It wasn’t a spontaneous and simultaneous act of generosity, it was a scam. At this point,…
Reading the spec: COVID-19 Contact tracing from Apple and Google
Culture and science are happening in real-time during the worldwide COVID-19 epidemic, which means that Apple and Google are working together in collaboration with health and governmental organizations and rapidly publishing specifications and standards.
