API failures often come from missing lifecycle controls rather than difficult technology. These generalised stories from my experience show how unchecked assumptions around versioning, testing, logging, and access control can create avoidable problems.
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technicalAPI failure stories and what they taught me - 3 Oct 2026 photos
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speakingCrazy things we've seen in the API world and how to avoid themAPI Days London
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Finished reading: A Killer in Paradise by Tom Hindle 📚
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Finished reading: The Last Town by Blake Crouch 📚
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Finished reading: Wayward by Blake Crouch 📚
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travel - 31 Jul 2026
Finished reading: Pines by Blake Crouch 📚
Really interesting setting, enjoyed how the context was revealed as Ethan discovered the situation he found himself in.
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technicalGitOps Deployment of API ConnectAn overview of how we automate API Connect deployments with GitOps
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technicalEverything as codeVersion everything - getting into the habit of treating everything as code gives you an easy way back, tracking and a review process built in.
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personalWhy Human Thinking Still MattersWe're building tools to save time, yet we often find ourselves with less time to think about why we're building them. A reflection on reclaiming the "messy" human part of the development process in the age of AI.
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technicalMachine-readable?Applying metadata standards and formats to improve the readability of my blog for machines of different types.
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technicalMCP PonderingsSome of my thoughts around MCP and how we can use it safely.
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speakingRethinking AI Gateways in Agentic ArchitecturesHursley EMEA Summit
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speakingRethinking AI Gateways in Agentic ArchitecturesHursley Americas Summit
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Weekend project making a bag based on the pattern for the Rough Cut Kit Duffle, but significantly reduced in size.
- 27 May 2026
Finished reading: The Rose Field by Phillip Pullman 📚
A great final chapter to the book of dust trilogy with lots to consider in how things had changed
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technicalSecuring Sensitive Payload Logging in API ConnectOverview of ways to handle sensitive data payloads within API Connect and controlling where that data ends up.
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Quick post app should make these short posts easier
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Finally got round to building a micropub endpoint for my Hugo blog
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Micropub test of creating a basic h-entry
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personalCheriton CircularShort circular walk around Cheriton with beautiful views around the area.
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Local utils server is working
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speakingAPI Connect v12 & Federated API ManagementWhy Integration Matters, Copenhagen & Online
Demonstrating how API Connect v12 can help bring order to your API Chaos
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technical - 10 Apr 2026
Local publish script working with password retrieval from keychain
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technicalObservability as a design requirementObservability is a design decision, not an afterthought. From the platform team to API consumers to AI agents, knowing what is happening across your API — and building that in from the start — is what gives you confidence when things go wrong in production.
- 24 Mar 2026
Trying Drafts as an editor for simple updates to my blog
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exploring building an agent memory system based on how corvids use memory systems around their food stores
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technicalDesigning for Multi-Region API DeploymentsA practical guide to designing multi-region API deployments - covering data consistency, auth dependencies, traffic routing, and failure modes, with real-world lessons from IBM API Connect SaaS.
- 12 Mar 2026
Finished reading The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen 📚 - enjoying this series, love the characters
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technicalThe SRE Mindset in API ArchitectureHow my SRE experience with sizing, observability and SLOs shapes the way I approach API architecture - planning for reality, not hopes.
- 28 Feb 2026
Well I won't be heading to India next week any more
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Combined my AI agent with some simple functions to post to my blog
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Finished reading: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson 📚
Found this a bit tough to get into as it is a bit meta, but got into it and enjoyed it as it developed.
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Has been a great day at the Integration User Group Nordics - has been good to share the story around API Connect v12 and lots of good conversations.
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speakingAPI Connect v12TechExchange User Group Nordics, Stockholm
How API Connect and webMethods API Management come together — Overview of what's new, what's changed and a demo.
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How to build an agent - from last year but a good insight into what the core things that make up an AI agent are.
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Finished reading: Wool by Hugh Howey 📚
Enjoyed reading this book after seeing the first two seasons of Silo which are based on it - can’t decide whether to read on or wait until after seeing the remaining seasons of the show.
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technical - 1 Feb 2026
Improving my photos layout to move away from just showing square photos - now need to add more photos!
- 30 Jan 2026
New blog design live and telegram bot up and running to post to my microblog
- 26 Jan 2026
Just testing the new microblog section! This is where I'll post quick thoughts, links, and updates that don't need a full blog post.
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Got some great workflows going with my new clawdbot based assistant
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speakingCombine APIs and AI for speed, productivity, and innovationAPI Days, London
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speakingApply platform engineering to your API governance challengesAPI Days, Paris
Matthias Biehl and I explored API governance through a platform engineering lens.
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speakingUnleash more efficient data management and API development with GraphQL and API ConnectTechExchange, Las Vegas
I showcased how IBMs GraphQL capabilities work together to streamline building and managing efficient client-optimised APIs.
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speakingAI and APIs — Top 5 convergence use cases to implement nowAPI Days, London
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speakingAdvanced AI Powered API SecurityAPI Days, London
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travelAPI Days - ParisI attended API Days in Paris to run a workshop on AI in API Testing, help man the API Connect stand and a couple of Smart Talks.
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I ran a workshop showing how you can use API Testing to test for the OWASP top 10 API Security vulnerabilities.
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technicalWebinar: Automating API Development through DevOpsOnline
For the third webinar in our series 'API Design Master Class' I showed how you can use CI/CD with API Connect to manage your API deployments.
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