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GraphQL vs REST: Key Similarities and Differences Explained

Feb 28, 2025 By Kong In Kong
Choosing the right API architecture is crucial for building efficient and scalable applications and the two prominent contenders in this arena are GraphQL and REST, each with its unique set of characteristics and benefits. Understanding the similarities and differences between these two approaches can help teams make informed decisions when designing APIs. This article aims to provide a comprehensive comparison of GraphQL and REST, highlighting their key features, advantages, and use cases.
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Agentic AI Needs an API Backbone: Cultivating Discipline & Governance for Scalable Success

Feb 27, 2025 By Kong In Kong
For organizations seeking to leverage agentic AI, the journey begins with a steadfast commitment to discipline and governance. This talk underscores that the true foundation of success in agentic AI adoption is a culture that values structured API capabilities and a rigorous approach to digital integration. By fostering disciplined practices and robust governance frameworks, businesses can establish the resilient API foundations necessary for automating complex processes and scaling AI-driven initiatives.
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Federated API Management: Balancing Speed and Control

Feb 26, 2025 By Ash Osborne In Kong
As the need for speed in business can seemingly be at odds with the need for control, organizations developing APIs today face a critical challenge: how can you empower developers to build and deploy APIs quickly while maintaining enterprise-wide governance and security? More traditional API deployment approaches are often to blame for why API initiatives fail to deliver the promised benefits as complexity and scale increase.
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Real-time API observability: Using Moesif and Heroku Together

Feb 26, 2025 By Abu Sakib In Moesif
Heroku provides a robust platform to deploy and scale your applications. However, inherent complexities within your app’s performance and user interaction remain obscured. Your app may be encountering errors and performance bottlenecks. Moreover, a lack of API analytics and API observability impedes your ability to truly grow your product. With Moesif, you can easily gain that visibility into your APIs on Heroku. It integrates with your Heroku app as an add-on in two simple steps.
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Solving Common REST API Authentication Challenges with DreamFactory

Feb 25, 2025 By Terence Bennett In DreamFactory
API authentication is hard. Problems like insecure credential transmission, complex OAuth setups, and scaling API key management make it even harder. DreamFactory simplifies these challenges with tools like automated API key management, OAuth 2.0 integration, and JWT support.
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Set the Standards, Stay Ahead: Introducing SmartBear API Hub

Feb 25, 2025 By McKenzie Tucci In SmartBear
Creating APIs isn’t just about writing code – it’s about collaboration, governance, and delivering seamless experiences that empower teams and businesses alike. As businesses scale and software ecosystems expand, API complexity grows – introducing challenges in governance, security, and visibility. To stay competitive, teams need a unified, developer-friendly solution that ensures APIs are high-quality, discoverable, and secure from day one.
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WSO2

Solving B2B Onboarding Challenges: Elevating User Experience with B2B Identity

Feb 24, 2025 By Sagara Gunathunga, Head of IAM DevRel In WSO2
In the digital age, we interact with countless applications, whether for personal, professional, or recreational purposes. Many of these applications appear consumer-oriented but are, in fact, B2B applications. By accessing healthcare services, payroll systems, or school management platforms, customers are using their provider's applications (such as GP or employer) which is a business customer of a larger B2B application. B2B applications form an integral part of daily operations across various industries.
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4 Reasons Shorter Development Times Increase Revenue

Feb 21, 2025 By Mike Moore In SmartBear
We need these features ASAP… Our competition rolled out this functionality last year… We can’t afford to push it to the next release… Ugh! If you manage an engineering team those sentiments may hit too close to home; we get it. The pressure to accelerate development cycles is real. It’s not just about keeping up – it’s about staying competitive and unlocking faster revenue growth. But how do you move faster without sacrificing quality?
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The Cost of a Bad Experience

Feb 21, 2025 By Mike Moore In SmartBear
It’s lunchtime, and you’re trying to complete a purchase, send money from your bank, or order a car to pick you up and bring you back to the office from your phone. But just as you hit confirm – the app freezes, glitches, or shuts down entirely. What should have been a quick and seamless transaction becomes a headache. Like most people, these frustrations can cause you to want to throw your phone and even switch providers.
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