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#Api Design

9 articles on Api Design — news, releases, guides and analysis from the SourceFeed engine.

Protobuf v36 Makes Edition 2026 Strict by Default

Local-by-default symbols, banned field names, and hard size limits show protobuf becoming a governed schema language, not just a wire format.

Researchers replayed encrypted chain-of-thought into weaker sibling models and pulled live credentials out of public agent logs.

The JSON superset on HN's front page diagnoses schema evolution correctly, then prescribes a format nobody asked for.

A multi-DC messaging platform that prioritizes legal distribution and user affinity over pure geo-latency.

Compatible base URLs make model swaps cheap. Quality gates, fallbacks, and ops still decide whether the bill actually shrinks.

A year-old unfixed vulnerability exposing real iCloud email addresses highlights the fragility of relying on platform-level privacy proxies.

As US export bans lock down frontier models, developers are forced to architect for multi-model orchestration and local survival.

RFC 8615 is for site-wide metadata discovery, not a shortcut to bypass proper protocol design.

A new safe, idempotent verb finally gives queries a request body without the POST workaround.