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October 24, 2023

apidays Australia 2023 - 2023 State of the API Report, Jordan Walsh, Postman

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2023 State of the API Report: Key Findings and Trends
Jordan Walsh, Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect at Postman

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  1. All rights reserved by Postman Inc State of the API

    Report 2023 Jordan Walsh Snr. Enterprise Solutions Architect @jordwalsh
  2. 43% of respondents identified as Full Stack or Backend Developer.

    Only 8% identified as QA. FULLSTACK AND BACKEND DEVELOPERS
  3. 92% expect investment in APIs to remain at least the

    same or increase over the next 12 months. KEY INSIGHT #1 - INVESTMENT IN APIS IS GROWING
  4. 78% of leaders prioritised quality of solutions. KEY INSIGHT #2

    - QUALITY IS KING 64% prioritised speed of delivery. 33% prioritised cost reduction.
  5. Prioritises APIs at the beginning of the software development process.

    APIs then become the building blocks for other products and services. WHAT IS API-FIRST?
  6. 75% agreed that API-first companies are more productive, create better

    software, and integrate faster with partners. KEY INSIGHT #3 - TREND TOWARDS API-FIRST
  7. Companies with >100 developers will see: • Increased development velocity.

    • More frequent deployments to production. • Fewer deployment issues. • Faster resolution when issues occur. KEY INSIGHT #3 - TREND TOWARDS API-FIRST
  8. 76% of API leaders view their APIs as Products. Three

    quarters of API leaders have API Products that generate revenue. KEY INSIGHT #4 - APIS AS A PRODUCT
  9. API first leaders were 2x as likely to be managing

    too many APIs and microservices. KEY INSIGHT #5 - MICROSERVICES ARE HARD
  10. Half of all respondents called out security of their applications

    being a priority. KEY INSIGHT #7 - SECURITY IS A MEDIUM PRIORITY
  11. Github is the most used SCM (64%). Grafana is the

    most popular APM (36%). Github Actions is the most popular CI/CD (50%). AWS API Gateway is the most popular gateway (50%) KEY INSIGHT #9 - TOOLING
  12. • Investment in APIs continues to grow. • Quality of

    solutions is the most important attribute. • API First companies have more frequent deployments with fewer issues. • Microservices are hard to manage. • Documentation is the biggest gap. • Security is not currently a focus, but should be a priority. • Generative AI is being used, and is a desire for developers. SUMMARY