Liberating the API Economy with Scale-Free Networks
Mike Amundsen CA Technologies @mamund
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Liberating the API Economy with Scale-Free Networks Mike Amundsen CA Technologies @mamund I come as a messenger and the news is not so good SCALE-POCALYPSE! Wait, Im getting ahead of myself 1998 East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Mike Amundsen CA Technologies @mamund
I come as a messenger…
… and the news is not so good…
Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself…
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
East Lansing, Michigan, USA 1973
Stanford, California, USA
Stanford, California, USA 1994
“Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web”
Stanford, California, USA 1998
"...due to rapid advance in technology and web proliferation, creating a web search engine today is very different from three years ago."
"...due to rapid advance in technology and web proliferation, creating a web search engine today is very different from three years ago."
“Free” as in “Scale-Free”
“A scale-free network is a network whose degree distribution follows a power law."
“A scale-free network is a network whose degree distribution follows a power law."
Have we forgotten so soon?
Hub Vulnerability
Hub Vulnerability “Too big to fail.”
Does the power law
What if we changed our model?
Yes, but can you make money with this model?
Let’s re-imagine common hubs…
Advice for API providers…
Beware of the hub vulnerability problem
Explore node-based models
Empower users and reap the rewards
Advice for API consumers…
Is a node-based provider available?
Build client-based aggregators
Empower users and reap the rewards
Wait, I had a message, right?
Mike Amundsen CA Technologies @mamund http://g.mamund.com/apidays-sydney-2015