Coding Over Cocktails

Our guest for today is a consultant, author, and instructor. He's the founder of microapis.io and the author of "Microservice APIs". Recognised as a thought leader in the fields of cloud computing, DevOps, and automation, he speaks regularly at international conferences and frequently organizes public workshops and seminars.

With APIs designed to be automated and used by machines, they become easy targets for automated attacks and vulnerabilities as well. This episode, we find out what it takes for web APIs to be secure as they are rolled out. Joining us is active IETF member and author of "API Security in Action" Neil Madden, who discusses the dangers that an API is exposed to, its security mechanisms, and secure coding practices to keep your API safe from attacks.

In this episode, we talk about the “smells” in API design that one should look out for. Keith Casey from ngrok’s Product and GTM Team tells us how to evaluate your API design, what a great (and terrible) API design looks like and how API design smells can be dealt with. He also talks to us about his time trying to figure out how much data is in the Library of Congress and his underlying goal of bringing good technology to the hands of good people.

One of the ways organisations are looking to unlock more avenues for business and operational growth is through data. Couple it with AI, the possibilities are almost endless. In this round of cocktails, ThoughtWorks Australia’s Director of Data and AI Practice David Colls talks to us about data and AI capabilities and how they can be tapped for product development and business strategies. He also shares the ethical and societal implications of the growth of big data and AI and what our responsibilities are in the process.

Getting started on DynamoDB? Join us for a round. This episode, we take a deep dive into DynamoDB with consultant and author of The DynamoDB Book Alex DeBrie, who talks to us about the database's key offerings, the problems it solves, use-cases and how to work around its consistency models.