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Observing the power of APIs (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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Vonage and Twilio: Black Box Usage by a Delivery Service

A recent conversation sparked thoughts about companies using similar black box software for cost, latency, and resiliency. One example is Vonage, similar to Twilio, utilized by a well-known delivery service. This scenario requires a failover system and financial backup due to the inability to control or observe one API over the other. These thoughts are based on first-party API expertise.

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