Net API Notes

This past June, a paper came to my attention that I immediately shared with my peers.

It has been difficult to write the newsletter for a while.

This past January, while I was otherwise occupied, a news and analysis website called Dev Class published an eye-opening accusation: Stack Overflow was dead, and AI killed it.

Another Day in the Artifact Factory The engineer's excitement was on par with a child showing off his macaroni art, palpable even through direct message.

What a start to 2026.

Strategic software consulting takes me to some interesting places to have some interesting conversations.

In past Notes, I've pushed my share of pixels extolling the virtues of soft skills in creating successful API programs (e.g., "Standards Evangelization Isn't Optional", "Solving API's Collective Action Problem," "Harmony Humans: Defining the Role of API G…

Just a quick update this month; I wanted to let you know that my most recent software industry analysis presentation is now available on my personal website.

Rolling out any kind of software quality initiative is hard.

It is only appropriate that before we open a discussion about the future we start with a eulogy, of sorts, for the past.

I was recently asked to weigh in on a subject theoretically within my wheelhouse.

Roll to define your API transformation.

To the annals of arbitrary milestones, I am pleased to add THE 250TH EDITION OF NET API NOTES!

As I approach the 250th Net API Notes newsletter, I'm spending a fair amount of time reflecting on past editions.

State of Hiring Uncertainty The state of software employment is weird right now.