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The API Podcast with Fexingo: REST, GraphQL, and Modern Web APIs

The API Podcast with Fexingo: REST, GraphQL, and Modern Web APIs

著者： Fexingo
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Every week, Lucas and Luna sit down at a developer-focused office workstation to trace how applications actually talk to each other — not the hype, but the design decisions, trade-offs, and real-world failures that shape modern API architecture. Lucas, with a journalist's precision, lays out why a team chose REST over GraphQL for a payments pipeline handling 50,000 requests per second, or how a poorly designed endpoint caused a cascade failure in a major ride-hailing service. Luna, the engaged interlocutor, pushes back: when does schema flexibility become a liability? How do versioning strategies survive a decade of production use? Together, they dissect public postmortems, API design docs, and developer surveys — not to sell a tool, but to understand the engineering logic behind each choice. This show is for backend engineers, API product managers, and technical leads who need to decide, not just follow the trend. Expect no demos, no code walkthroughs — just two smart people reasoning about trade-offs in stateless design, pagination patterns, rate-limiting, and the cost of backward compatibility. By the end of each episode, you'll have a clearer framework for your own decisions: Should your next endpoint be a query or a mutation? When does an SDK become a maintenance burden? And how do you design an API that your colleagues will still respect five years from now? #REST #GraphQL #WebAPIs #APIDesign #BackendEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #APIVersioning #Microservices #HTTP #DeveloperTools #APIPostmortem #PlatformEngineering #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Business #TechPodcast #SoftwareEngineering Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. 経済学
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  • How API Idempotency Keys Save Money and Sanity

    How API Idempotency Keys Save Money and Sanity
    2026/09/11
    Every time a customer clicks buy now twice by accident, your payment processor charges you twice. That is not just a bug; it is a direct leak in your unit economics. In this episode, we look at how idempotency keys transform chaotic user behavior into deterministic system outcomes. We use Stripe's implementation as the primary case study because they treat idempotency not as an afterthought but as a core contract with developers. You will learn why storing the request body matters for debugging, how to handle cache invalidation without race conditions, and why ignoring this pattern costs real money during high-traffic events like Black Friday or product launches. If you run any service that accepts writes, this is the architecture decision that separates robust systems from fragile ones. #APIIdempotency #WebDevelopment #StripePayments #SystemDesign #BackendEngineering #TechInfrastructure #DeveloperExperience #RESTAPIs #GraphQL #SoftwareArchitecture #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TechnologyTrends #CodingBestPractices #DigitalTransformation #CloudComputing #EnterpriseSoftware #StartupGrowth Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    11 分
  • How API Backpressure Prevents System Collapses

    How API Backpressure Prevents System Collapses
    2026/09/09
    When a critical service spikes in traffic, does your system gracefully degrade or flatline? This episode explores the often-overlooked mechanism of backpressure in modern web APIs. We examine how companies like GitHub and Stripe implement flow control to protect downstream dependencies during traffic surges. Lucas breaks down the difference between passive rate limiting and active backpressure signals, while Luna shares an anecdote about a recent outage caused by ignoring upstream warnings. Learn why sending a fifty-three-two status code can be more valuable than any caching strategy for maintaining long-term reliability. #APIDesign #Backpressure #SystemReliability #TechInfrastructure #WebAPIs #DeveloperTools #SoftwareEngineering #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TechTrends2026 #CloudComputing #Microservices #APIGateway #LoadBalancing #DevOps #SRE #DigitalTransformation #LucasAndLuna Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • How API Schema Evolution Prevents Silent Data Corruption

    How API Schema Evolution Prevents Silent Data Corruption
    2026/09/08
    Most developers assume that adding a new field to an API schema is harmless, but it can silently break downstream consumers or create data integrity nightmares. In this episode of The API Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine the specific mechanics of backward-compatible schema evolution using real-world examples from Stripe and Shopify. They explore why nullable fields are dangerous defaults, how strict typing prevents silent failures, and the critical role of contract testing in catching drift before it hits production. By focusing on one concrete case—a payment gateway’s migration from string-based IDs to UUIDs—we see how careful versioning and deprecation strategies keep systems stable while allowing teams to move fast. This isn't just about syntax; it's about designing APIs that survive change without breaking the trust between service owners and their consumers. #APIDesign #SchemaEvolution #BackwardCompatibility #TechPodcast #SoftwareEngineering #SystemDesign #APIGovernance #DataIntegrity #ContractTesting #Microservices #WebDevelopment #DevOps #Stripe #Shopify #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TechnologyTrends #APIEconomics Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 分
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