We couldn't decide if we wanted to gather around the water cooler or talk about some cool APIs, so we opted to do both, while Joe promises there's a W in his name, Allen doesn't want to say graph, and Michael isn't calling out applets.
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Overheard around the Water Cooler
- Where do you draw the line before you use a hammer to solve every problem?
- When is it worth bringing in another technology?
- Can you have too many tools?
APIs of Interest
Joe's Picks
- Video game related APIs
- RAWG – The Biggest Video Game Database on RAWG – Video Game Discovery Service (rawg.io)
- RAWG Video Games Database API (v1.0) (api.rawg.io)
- PS: Your favorite video games might have an API:
- PokéAPI – The RESTful Pokémon API (pokeapi.co)
- Legends of Runeterra (developer.riotgames.com)
- The Bungie.Net API (GitHub)
- Blizzard Battle.net Developer Portal (develop.battle.net)
- RAWG – The Biggest Video Game Database on RAWG – Video Game Discovery Service (rawg.io)
- Satellite imagery related APIs
- Planet – A leader in Earth observation (planet.com)
- bird.i – Satellite Imagery API (hibirdi.com)
- Get into the affiliate game
- Rainforest – The (missing) Amazon Product Data API (rainforestapi.com)
Allen's Picks
- Amazon Market Web Service (docs.developer.amazonservices.com)
- We would *love* a Libsyn API!
- Should paid services provide an API?
Michael's Picks
- Alpha Vantage – Free Stock APIs (alphavantage.co)
- Why so serious?
- icanhazdadjoke – The largest selection of dad jokes on the Internet (
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