James Higginbotham

API and AI coach. Author of "Principles of Web API Design" (Addison Wesley). Instructor. Coach. Consultant. Enterprise architecture

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

It took nearly 18 months, but here it is! A step by step guide to designing REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and Async APIs. I’m so thankful to @VaughnVernon for the opportunity to pull together over a decade of API coaching into a single resource

[InformIT @InformIT]

💥 EBOOK NOW AVAILABLE!!! Print coming soon
An invaluable guide to building APIs from @launchany
https://t.co/BGh3n7Bpmx
#webapi #api @VaughnVernon

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@Sandiegohumor Heroes, all of them

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

A holiday is no excuse for poor grammar

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Make your father proud by knowing it’s ‘Father’s Day,’ with an apostrophe.

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@EASTLA_NEWS As should the cause of the fires. Way too many warehouse fires recently

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

You mean that NCC-90210 plans to now focus on teen drama? Can't wait 🙄

[Sci-Fi World Museum @hollywoodscifi]

Well that's a big change from the first season...

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

If it's anything like my subscription, you don't need it, decide to cancel it, and yet they still seem to find another license somewhere that Grammarly charges you for the next month. It might be cheaper for Austin to just acquire them instead

[ATX data @data_atx]

Weird Austin government software purchase of the day:

$120k for Grammarly , a software to fix grammar mistakes

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@Gammitin Boss level: Build the next site using Netscape 3 Gold editor

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@Luke4OSS Well said. I've been pushing for this for the last decade for API programs.

Those that did it are seeing the benefits with AI.

Those that refused are still focused on system integration and AI becomes another integration rather than delivering value through capabilities

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

Want to find all the bot accounts? Find one that posts a huge wikipedia-like post and post a reply. They come out of the woodwork like cockroachea

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@aigleeson Turbo Pascal was brilliant and helped me transition from the C-64 BASIC and 6510 Assembly into DOS programming. Legend

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@BasilTheGreat If he's that disconnected from reality about his cabinet, imagine how disconnected he is from everything else

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@StevenJosephR @morgfair Missster Maaaaiiinneee

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@AlaskanKate I used to feel that often. This is a snippet from AW Tozer's Attributes of God Volume 1. I hope it brings you into His grace even further. Check out the book of you want to be blown away by who He really is, without our human constraints and bias

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@Marky_X_ @PurensPhD Absolutely. The Crescent Hawk's Inception was a fun game. Because the computer rolled the dice for you and the story kept my attention

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

Agreed about ongoing service. If you generate income monthly, you only need to be good enough to avoid a higher than average churn. If you have to sell a customer on a new version once or twice a year, you innovate and deliver outstanding products to make the new release worth it.

Add to that the lure of engineering salaries and you get subpar products more often than not

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

While I hold that SaaS isn't dead, if those prices continue to go up so will SaaS prices.

And SaaS usually works best if the vendor charges more than $29/month even prior to hardware price spikes. Unless the product is very simple and the anchor price for an alternative solution demands a low price. In that case, you are competing on price rather than value

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@owenthcarey Attributes of God volumes 1 and 2 - A W. Tozer. It will change your walk, your worship, and grow your relationship by focusing on who He is rather than what you and the world claim He is and isn't

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

According to BBC, you are still in Houston

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Wow the nature is starting to look very different now

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@htmx_org That's why I started coding in BASIC 2.0 and Assembly on the Commodore 64 again. No sane machine will follow me into that void

[James Higginbotham @launchany]

@cskiles It was quite fun and such a great mixture of laserdisc backgrounds and sprites. And I loved watching Starcade!