Technology trends ebb and flow between generalization and specialization, consolidation and separation, commoditization and innovation. Each time this happens, we level-up. It’s good business to know where you are in the cycle so you can effectively capitalize on the opportunity and contribute something grand. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kevinswiber_technology-trends-ebb-and-flow-between-generalization-activity-7249987004782817282-813Z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

The angle from which to look at the business value of API documentation is the “platform.” When building it, APIs are the core ingredient and the area where different teams interact. Poor documentation affects cross-team collaboration, impacting integration times and incident response. It hinders efforts to achieve predictable, fast delivery and efficient operations. This ultimately affects the teams' ability to reach those business goals and costs $$$. This issue will likely surface in organization-wide surveys.

If you are unwilling to disrupt your business, there will always be someone willing to do it for you.

Last week, Reddit filed their S-1 to go public. At least 10% of their revenue - about $60m - comes from selling data to train Large Language Models. Data sales invert the business model of the Internet. Instead of Reddit building product experiences that create good advertising data to earn more on ads, Reddit will launch product experiences that produce more valuable data to feed to LLMs. The LLM vendors should pay more for better data.