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Solution Discovery Instead of API Discovery Via API Aggregation and Reciprocity Providers

December 15th, 2015 · Kin Lane
Solution Discovery Instead of API Discovery Via API Aggregation and Reciprocity Providers

During my API discovery session talk at @APIStrat Austin this last November, I talked about what I see as an added dimension to the concept of API discovery, one that will become increasingly important when it comes to actually moving things forward

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