James Higginbotham shares insights on API design, Blackbird’s platform, and the unbundling of API tools. Learn how to streamline your API strategy.
James is an API consultant with experience in architecting, building, and deploying APIs and cloud native architectures. As an API consultant, he enjoys helping businesses balance great API design and product needs. He also creates and delivers API and cloud native architecture training with the goal of equipping cross-functional teams to integrate their talents toward building first-class APIs for their product or enterprise systems.
We’re kicking off this season just after of the GA launch of our new API development platform Blackbird. In honor of the occasion, I had the pleasure of guest-hosting a very special guest for this episode about boosting developer velocity: API Design and Blackbird.
I sat down with James Higginbotham, founder of Launch Any, author of API Developer Weekly, well-known API expert consultant, and all-around great guy (from what I can tell). We sought James out to be one of the first to test Blackbird and provide valuable feedback. He’s explored it through the lens of his widely-respected approach to helping companies craft and maintain good APIs: ADDR (Align, Define, API Design, Refine).