Introduction Modern applications are increasingly powered by large language models (LLMs) that don’t just generate text—they can call live APIs, query databases, and even trigger automated workflows.

Managing multiple RESTful API calls and correctly aggregating the results is not an effective use of a skilled front-end developer's time. A BFF pattern managed by the front-end team handles ...

Include the REST API version at the base of the URI. RESTful URLs should be lower case. Never waste time figuring out if a RESTful API call failed because the URL included an upper-case letter instead ...

REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice. REST, or Representational State Transfer ...

Although Rasmussen includes REST in the list of protocols an API should support, it's rapidly falling out of favor because of the need to create a new version each time a REST interface changes. An ...

gRPC is a binary protocol for remote procedure calls, open sourced by Google. It is an alternative to REST that has gained traction for its performance and simplicity. gRPC gives you a full duplex ...