Responding to another excellent comment on the importance of having an API source of truth, as well as [providing a direct URL for how visibility and control is at odds with power and control])https://apievangelist.com/2025/03/06/api-visibility-and-control-is-at-odds-with-power-and-control), I wanted a “reusable” (😃) link I could share to highlight the importance of of API discovery that Shaugh McIntosh emphasized in his comment on LinkedIn.
I think I will share your article every time I have the same conversations.
While there is no money to be made in API discovery, something I can attest to with APIs.json and point to with the demise of ProgrammableWeb, there is a ton of money to be lost in the creation and operation of redundant enterprise APIs. Shaugh is spot on with what the top contributor to API sprawl is across enterprises who refuse to bake API discovery into their operations. API discovery always seems like such a nerdy thing only developers will want to do (we do love finding APIs), but can you imagine if our physical warehouses and retail stores operated like our enterprise APIs do?
