The API-First World

What it does

API Management arose as a category in the last decade, slightly before the rapid growth of the cloud, in what we call the “code-first world.” In the code-first world, developers are focused on building applications by primarily writing code and optimizing...

At Postman, we believe the future will be built with APIs. The API-First World graphic novel tells the story of how and why the API-first world is coming to be.

You can now buy an exclusive, hardback edition of our new "The API-First World" graphic novel. Orderfrom api-first-world.com

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  Postman: API-First Journey2023 · apps.apple.com · ▲186

  Escape the monolith and reach the API-First World

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  Postman for Mac (Beta)2016 · postman.com · ▲372

  Build, test, and document your APIs faster

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  Public APIs 3.02021 · public-apis.io · ▲538

  A collection of public APIs for your next project

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  Postman Collections2017 · bubble.io · ▲302

  Biggest library of ready-made API collections for Postman

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  Library of API collections for Postman2017 · postmancollections.com · ▲77

  Accelerate API development with Postman's all-in-one platform. Streamline collaboration and simplify the API lifecycle for faster, better results. Learn more.

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  Postman Workspaces2018 · postman.com · ▲169

  Organize and speed up API development work

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  /dev/null▲483

  a social network for devs

  Dev tools · 3d ago · dev-null.sh

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  Whiteboard (YC W26) – an open-source IDE for thoughtful software design▲423

  open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 27d ago · github.com

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  Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things▲411

  Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 25d ago · github.com

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  OpenBot▲362

  Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

  Dev tools · 23d ago · openbot.run

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  Talanoa▲345

  Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

  Dev tools · 20d ago · talanoa.email

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  CoreSpeed▲332

  One MCP for everything your agents need: apps, memory, tools

  Dev tools · 28d ago · corespeed.io

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  40k HN comments mentioning books, extracted using deep learning▲1,359

  Thinking, Fast and Slow - with 523 comments from the Hacker News community

  Life & fun · 2021 · hacker-recommended-books.vercel.app

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  Tango▲1,167

  Automatically create how-to guides with screenshots

  Work · 2021

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  Web browser to help programmers think clearly▲1,070

  Life & fun · 2021 · bonsaibrowser.com

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  Doodle Ipsum▲894

  The lorem ipsum of illustrations

  Dev tools · 2021 · doodleipsum.com

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  LetterHunt▲773

  10,000+ active, curated newsletters to promote your product

  Growth · 2021 · letterhunt.co

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  Noto▲737

  Create a Notion-style avatar with 120+ mix-and-match items

  Work · 2021 · abstractlab.gumroad.com