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Alexander Karan

@alexanderkaran.bsky.social

Senior Software Engineer @Atlassian. JavaScript dev, TedX speaker and blogger with a passion for software architecture.

243 Followers  |  322 Following  |  47 Posts  |  Joined: 21.08.2023  |  2.3054

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About Slack's new rate limits... As APIs become the sneaky backbone of LLM-driven workflows, Slack's update to their API rate limits may be an interesting sign of changing tides.

Slack changes its API rate limits, another sign that the web is becoming more closed off due to LLMs. Ktor is giving you even more reasons to use it, all that and more in this issue of the @apisyouwonthate.com newsletter.

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05.08.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Kotlin?

17.06.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Does Every Framework Need Its Own Cloud? The balance between vendor lock-in and cutting edge frameworks is a perpetual game of cat and mouse. FastAPI is the latest in a string of frameworks to release their own cloud framework. Also in this ...

API Governance as a board game, FastAPI launches its cloud, and more in the latest @apisyouwonthate.com Newsletter.

#API #OpenAPI #Python

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20.05.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Got a heat pump before I got solar and I was paying next to nothing for hot water. Now with solar nothing.

Honestly don’t know why they are not more popular. No one should be installing gas boilers anymore.

09.05.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The last thing Australia needs is Lord Voldemort in charge with his DOGE lite policies.

03.05.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Atlassian

27.04.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MCP ❀️ APIs AI is dead, MCP takes over the world? Also, some non-hyperbolic API tech news, including: Building APIs with Next.js, New URLPattern APIs on Cloudflare, File Uploads, and breaking free from vendor lo...

What MCP means for APIs and more in the latest newsletter from @apisyouwonthate.com

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#MCP #OpenAPI

07.04.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is my fourth once-in-a-generation economic crisis, ask me anything.

03.04.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 374    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3
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Civic APIs An exploration of APIs maintained for public record, with examples from The UK, Australia, and the EU. Plus, the latest from Jira REST API, Fast HTTP, Arazzo, and Designing APIs for Security

This week's newsletter provides a fascinating dive into how different governments handle access to their data. The UK and EU give some of the best options via APIs. Of course, we also included your regular API round-up. @apisyouwonthate.com

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17.03.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was great representing @atlassian.bsky.social at the Coders for Causes industry night. Some of the best software engineers I know in Western Australia come from Coders for Causes. Hopefully, we will see them in Atlassian's intern and grad programs soon.

13.03.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HTTP Traffic vs OpenAPI Mergers and Acquisitions are shaping the way we use industry-standard HTTP tools. Also in this newsletter: A fresh Bun, Rails APIs with Clickfunnels, new Express release, and a wild exploit of McDonal...

The latest @apisyouwonthate.com newsletter is out. It features a wild exploit of McDonald's API in India, some shots fired at Rails, and the future of Express.

#OpenAPI

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04.02.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Year, New APIs In this edition of the newsletter: The Go Developer Survey, tools for working with overlays, Scalar's OpenAPI Parser, and OpenAPI Arrazo in Go!

What AI means for APIs, GO developer survey results and Scalar's OpenAPI Parser. We are kicking off the year with a bang with the @apisyouwonthate.com newsletter.

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19.01.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
πŸ“° APIs You Won't Hate (The newsletter) - APIs You Won't Hate APIs You Won't Hate (the newsletter) goes out twice a month, with the latest news, articles, videos, and podcasts for API designers and developers. If you're interested in OpenAPI, REST APIs, Grapgql,...

Everything happening in API's all in one place if you still need links.

API Newsletter: apisyouwonthate.com/tag/newsletter

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11.01.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’» I’ve written a guide on API Design for Speakeasy which is almost everything I know about designing an API from scratch. Basic theory of everything, pros and cons of various standards, pitfalls to watch out for, and best practices to stick to. #ApiDesign www.speakeasy.com/api-design

31.12.2024 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy Holidays from APIs You Won't Hate We're ready to wrap up another year with some good old fashioned holiday REST. Plus, Microcks and Undici and Cloudflare API Client Language Popularity survey results!

This is the final @apisyouwonthate.com newsletter for the year. Thank you to all our readers. It's been a lot of fun.

#OpenAPI

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23.12.2024 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I rounded out this year by teaching the JavaScript and React Module at She Codes Australia. It was amazing to teach such a fantastic group of women and see their projects come to life.

#javascript #React

23.12.2024 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character is standing on top of a pile of rocks with the words maniacal laughter written above him . ALT: a cartoon character is standing on top of a pile of rocks with the words maniacal laughter written above him .

React Static is reborn!!!!!!

04.12.2024 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mr. Bluesky A massive uptick in people from the online tech community moving to Bluesky has made the social internet feel a whole lot like it did back in the good old days... and their APIs are pretty stellar.

The latest @apisyouwonthate.com newsletter issue includes an OpenAPI linter in Go, BlueSky APIs, Shadow APIs, and more.

#OpenAPI

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03.12.2024 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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State of JS Survey Time The annual state of JavaScript survey gives us a chance to weigh in on the tools we use, what we like and don't like about them, and to reflect on how the ecosystem has grown in the past year.

The latest @apisyouwonthate.com newsletter is out and is jam-packed with articles from our very own @philsturgeon.bsky.social

#OpenAPI

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19.11.2024 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue 70 – The Cryptocurrency States of America Crypto’s efforts to buy the 2024 elections paid off, and we’re in for a bumpy ride.

Newsletter: Crypto’s efforts to buy the 2024 elections paid off, and we’re in for a bumpy ride.

A recap of how unprecedented crypto super PAC spending impacted 58 Congressional races, and the pro-crypto appointees Trump is already eyeing.

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16.11.2024 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 336    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6
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Effortless Immutable Updates using "with Learn how to use the `with()` function for immutable array updates without altering the original array

A handy function for updating an array without touching the original in #javascript #typescript

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07.11.2024 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Catching up with Phil, Mike, and Alexander The APIs You Won't Hate team gets together to talk shop, career, climate change and working in big tech

I recently caught up with the @apisyouwonthate.bsky.social team, @philsturgeon.bsky.social , and @mikebifulco.com. A great catch-up about APIs and life updates. #OpenAPI

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06.11.2024 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A class learning JavaScript

A class learning JavaScript

A class learning JavaScript

A class learning JavaScript

It's so much fun to be back teaching #javascript at the She Codes Australia Plus program.

05.11.2024 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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APIs Around the World In this issue of the newsletter: Oauth 2.0 Security, the story of Hono, Speakeasy's Series A, a Laravel API course, and a fresh podcast!

@apisyouwonthate.bsky.social latest newsletter is out! A rate limiter header for HTTP, Speakeasy's $15M raise, and deprecating API endpoints. All this and more are in the latest issue.

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03.11.2024 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian working in FinOps. Building tools to help developers and teams increase efficiency in the cloud and helping to improve code and archeture for more efficient spend.

31.10.2024 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That alone makes me want to work there.

25.10.2024 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Recording a catch-up episode of APIs You Won't Hate (the podcast) this morning with two pals from other parts of the world - a wild experience to be on the phone with the UK and Australia at the same time!

23.10.2024 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Going to have to update the post to mention this.

19.10.2024 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t even think about split plus join πŸ˜‚. Always reached straight for RegEx before replace all came along.

19.10.2024 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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