Business

31 July 2026 | Lexy Mayko

An API hierarchy of needs is a planning heuristic that ranks foundational API qualities before higher-level adoption and business goals. It adapts the idea of a needs hierarchy to API design: an API must first be functional and reliable before documentation, developer experience, community, or monetization can create durable value.... Read More

26 September 2025 | Lexy Mayko

The eCommerce market is increasing rapidly every day. More and more retailers choose to develop their businesses online as it helps them to increase their possibilities a lot. However, running the e-store it not an easy task. To automate and make their business activity less complicated, retailers usually use special... Read More

9 August 2026 | Lexy Mayko

To keep up with the constant changes and new trends in technology, developers must continuously sharpen their skills and learn new tools. One of the core skills every developer needs is building and working with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). An API is more than a machine-readable interface to data and... Read More

22 April 2025 | Anastasia Kholod

Creating eCommerce applications requires integration with shopping platforms, one of which is Magento. It's API is what establishes the connection and makes it possible to get and manage such e-store data as categories, products, customers, etc. While the Magento API is a vast topic, it is impossible to cover the... Read More

16 March 2026 | Vladyslava Vashchynska

Originally, OAuth type was introduced to replace basic authentication, where usernames and passwords were sent with every request. As a result, once credentials were compromised, attackers gained full access to API data and systems. Today, API traffic makes up around 83% of all web traffic , highlighting how broadly APIs... Read More

14 August 2026 | Lexy Mayko

Archive note: This book review was originally published on June 10, 2015. It is retained as a historical resource; third-party links, statistics, product details, and recommendations may have changed since publication. We previously had the pleasure to interview Mike Stowe, a Developer Relations Manager at MuleSoft and the author of... Read More

7 April 2025 | Lexy Mayko

One of our recent articles was dedicated to Hypermedia APIs and pluses of their use. Today, we are going to dwell on a related topic, that is, types of hypermedia you can choose for your API. First of all, let us briefly summarize why hypermedia APIs are worked with. Very... Read More

9 April 2025 | Lexy Mayko

So, you have started your successful e-commerce business, and it works just as expected - people buy your products. The next thing you might want to do is to send your products to be sold on various shopping channels where more potential buyers will see the items you sell. The... Read More

12 August 2026 | Lexy Mayko

Shipping software providers have become essential in eCommerce, enabling online retailers to streamline their shipping processes. When you provide shipping management services like other eCommerce businesses do, you need to stay one step ahead of the competition. If you want to offer reliable software to eCommerce store owners, investing in... Read More

31 July 2026 | Lexy Mayko

API management is the set of practices and tools used to publish, secure, observe, govern, and support APIs throughout their lifecycle. It helps an organization control how clients reach backend services while giving API owners evidence about usage, reliability, and failures. What API management includes Gateway and routing: accept client... Read More