:mastodon: Mike Amundsen

mamund@mastodon.social

Author, Speaker, Advisor. Working to improve the quality and usability of information on the Web with APIs, Microservices, and Digital TransformationLatest book is "RESTful Web API Patterns and Practices Cookbook."http://www.webapicookbook

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Post #2870330
The Clever Hans Effect At the turn of the twentieth century, crowds gathered to watch a horse do something extraordinary. https://mamund.substack.com/p/the-clever-hans-effect
Post #2870329
Weizenbaum’s Four Warnings for the AI Era When computational capability turns into institutional authority https://mamund.substack.com/p/weizenbaums-four-warnings-for-the
Post #2870328
I’ll be speaking at O’Reilly’s AI #Codecon: Software Craftsmanship in the Age of AI on March 26 at 11:00am ET. I&#39;ll be showing off my interactive AI tooling in the talk : &quot;From Automation to Augmentation: Designing AI Coaches That Amplify Expertise&quot; Join us to explore what it takes to build excellent software in the age of AI that creates value for all participants. Sign up now to save your spot—for free! https://bit.ly/3MUmK6g
Post #2870327
The Whitworth layer Messages are fungible. Meaning is not. https://mamund.substack.com/p/the-whitworth-layer
Post #2870326
I’ll be speaking at O’Reilly’s AI Codecon: Software Craftsmanship in the Age of AI on March 26. The event begins at 11:00am ET. Join us to explore what it takes to build excellent software in the age of AI that creates value for all participants. Sign up now to save your spot—for free! https://bit.ly/3MUmK6g
Post #2870325
Took me about 90 minutes to submit a claim for what will likely be a paltry remuneration for the use of my books in the Anthropic settlement. Filing it anyway. If you want to know what I *really* think, see my substack post from last year: https://mamund.substack.com/p/from-sheet-music-to-source-code #carryOn
Post #2870324
The Next Big Thing Is Small (Redux) Revisiting a prediction about distributed systems https://mamund.substack.com/p/the-next-big-thing-is-small-redux
Post #2870323
After nearly 30 years, I’ve handed off the amundsen.com domain. I’m moving to mamund.com as I ease into semi-retirement. I’ll remain active, speaking at API and AI events, finishing my book AI-Driven API Design (O’Reilly), and training and advisory work, all from a different online home base. Substack remains the best place to follow my work: https://mamund.substack.com The amundsen.com domain is now in the hands of the team at Amundsen Sports. Keeping the domain “in the family” was importan...
Post #2870322
Heading to Austin, TX for a week of #ArcOfAI. Should be an interesting week. #api360
Post #2870321
A useful definition at the right time &quot;An AI agent is ...&quot; https://mamund.substack.com/p/a-useful-definition-at-the-right
Post #2870320
Factories and Frontiers Designing agents for stable systems and shifting terrain https://mamund.substack.com/p/factories-and-frontiers
Post #2870319
The AI Great Leap Forward (a warning) “Expertise was irrelevant. Conviction was sufficient.” https://mamund.substack.com/p/the-ai-great-leap-forward-a-warning
Post #2870318
The cost of always having the answer The erosion of persistence https://mamund.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-always-having-the-answer
Post #2870317
Starting my journey to API Conference ( https://share.google/ZpnvmZ5NerBNiGhKS ) London where I&#39;ll present the &quot;AI-Driven API Design&quot; workshop and a talk on AI-Ready APIs. Hope to see you there! #apiConference #api360 #apiAndAI
Post #2870316
Writing is thinking (and grading is, too) How academia is drawing the boundary on AI https://mamund.substack.com/p/writing-is-thinking-and-grading-is
Post #2870315
Heading to Austin, TX for #WSO2Con this week. I&#39;ll be talking about AI-driven API design. See you there! #api360 #genAI
Post #2870314
A long-lost meditative art A thought experiment https://mamund.substack.com/p/a-long-lost-meditative-art
Post #2339685
Going Beyond the Hyperlink Following links helps clients move. Understanding forms helps clients choose. https://mamund.substack.com/p/going-beyond-the-hyperlink
Post #1136497
The keyboard was never the bottleneck The art of programming isn’t disappearing. It’s moving https://mamund.substack.com/p/the-keyboard-was-never-the-bottleneck
Post #783686
&quot;MCP is a hypermedia proxy.&quot; #changeMyMind
Post #734085
At Cincinnati airport to start my #apiDays Paris adventure (CVG-DTW-CDH). Typical weather delays at Detroit but still optimistic for my chances to arrive on time in Paris without too much drama. #mcaTravels #api360
Post #684909
At Cincinnati airport to start my #apiDays Paris adventure (CVG-DTW-CDH). Typical weather delays at Detroit but still optimistic for my chances to arrive on time in Paris without too much drama. #mcaTravels #api360