Oct 2, 2020
API Ratings | Sept 21-28, 2020: Halifax is Super Slow
This week's API.expert ratings roundup finds Halifax running painfully slow while GitHub and Google keep pace at the top.
Read more…Paul Cray
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Sep 25, 2020
API Ratings | Sept 14-21, 2020: Playing in Sandboxes
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup for late September looks at API performance trends, including how sandbox APIs are faring.
Read more…Paul Cray
Sep 18, 2020
API Ratings | Sept 7-14, 2020: DocuSign Plunges
This week's API.expert ratings roundup finds DocuSign plunging in performance while other top providers hold steady.
Read more…Paul Cray
Sep 15, 2020
API Rants - Trust but verify
David O'Neill argues the API industry shouldn't let vendors self-certify their own performance, using the old fox-and-henhouse warning.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 11, 2020
API Ratings | Aug 31 - Sept 7, 2020: Oh, behave!
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup for early September looks at which providers are behaving well and which are not.
Read more…Paul Cray
Sep 9, 2020
API Ratings | August, 2020: Etsy, why so slow?
API.expert's August 2020 monthly ratings roundup asks why Etsy's API performance was so slow last month.
Read more…Paul Cray
Sep 2, 2020
API Rant: Begging the question...
David O'Neill's API Rant explores why asking whether an API can do something is very different from asking whether you may use it that way.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 2, 2020
API Ratings August 24-31, 2020: New Structure
API.expert reveals a new structure for its weekly API ratings report, covering performance for the week of August 24-31, 2020.
Read more…Paul Cray
Sep 1, 2020
API Ratings August 17-24, 2020: Cisco Spark
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup covers the week of August 17-24, 2020, including a look at Cisco Spark's performance.
Read more…Paul Cray
Aug 27, 2020
APImetrics Feature Update: New Statistics Views
APImetrics rolls out new statistics views with expanded summary reports and easier ways to inspect API performance data.
Read more…David O'Neill
Aug 20, 2020
API Rant: TTFB - This is not the metric you are looking for
David O'Neill argues Time to First Byte is the wrong metric for Open Banking UK APIs, and explains why using Goodhart's Law.
Read more…David O'Neill
Aug 19, 2020
API Ratings August 10-17, 2020: Poor Old Federal Communications Commission
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup for August 10-17, 2020 finds the Federal Communications Commission struggling with API performance.
Read more…Paul Cray
Aug 18, 2020
OpenAPI Welcomes New Member APImetrics
APImetrics joins the OpenAPI Initiative to help define standards for measuring API service level objectives and compliance.
Read more…David O'Neill
Aug 11, 2020
API Ratings August 3-10, 2020: Another volatile week!
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup for August 3-10, 2020 finds another volatile week for API performance across providers.
Read more…Paul Cray
Aug 10, 2020
API Ratings, July 2020: What exactly happened on July 28?
API.expert's July 2020 monthly ratings roundup digs into what caused a notable dip in API performance on July 28.
Read more…Paul Cray
Aug 5, 2020
API Ratings: July 27-August 3, 2020
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup for July 27-August 3, 2020 tracks API performance as providers head into August.
Read more…Paul Cray
Aug 4, 2020
API Rant: Test In Prod or Give Up
David O'Neill's API Rant makes the case for monitoring APIs in production, using real accounts, not just staging environments.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jul 30, 2020
API Ratings: 20-27 July, 2020 - Bank of Ireland, OUCH!
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup for July 20-27, 2020 finds Bank of Ireland taking a painful hit in API performance.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jul 23, 2020
API Ratings: 13 July - 20 July 2020
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup for July 13-20, 2020 tracks API performance across providers as summer nights grow shorter.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jul 21, 2020
API Rants: We Need To Talk...
David O'Neill's API Rant argues the monitoring industry has become too self-serving and asks who should really own API monitoring.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jul 17, 2020
API Ratings: 6 July - 13 July 2020
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup for July 6-13, 2020 tracks API performance across providers heading into midsummer.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jul 16, 2020
API Ratings: Who Won the Month? June 2020
API.expert's June 2020 monthly ratings roundup names the providers with the best and worst API performance for the month.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jul 14, 2020
Overlooked API Monitoring Problems
David O'Neill explains why monitoring only what's easy to check misses the point, and why you should monitor what you claim to do.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jun 25, 2020
API Ratings | June 15-22, 2020
API.expert's weekly ratings roundup for June 15-22, 2020 tracks which providers led and lagged in API performance.
Read more…Paul Cray