1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Keith Casey is co-author of A Practical Approach to API design: From Principles to Practice.&amp;nbsp;Former Developer Evangelist at Twilio, his current work with&amp;nbsp;Okta focuses on identity and authentication APIs. Keith is a software engineer focusing on&amp;nbsp;creating open architecture, specifically APIs. His goal is to get good technology into the hands of good people to do great things. &amp;nbsp; Key Takeaways: [2:43] Keith Casey describes APIs from a business perspective. [5:04] Why would a business adopt an API strategy? [7:01] Twilio eliminates the need for a carrier contract and provides enterprises with immediate cost structure. [10:03] Zapier captures an event and then sends the information to another system. [12:48] Jeff Bezos’ memo ensured APIs would be part of Amazon’s future. [19:23] Salesforce and their development community built APIs to integrate with other systems and platforms. [21:45] The concept of API-First gives users a toolbox instead of a finished product. [25:45] Security implications shouldn’t keep a business from designing an API strategy. &amp;nbsp; Mentioned in This Episode: The API Design Book Casey Software @Caseysoftware on Twitter Praxent @PraxentSoftware on Twitter &amp;nbsp; Commanding Business http://praxent.com/commandingbusiness <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4873025/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/4873025