Web APIs, Exponential Growth and You

Capital One | August 2014

Matt Makai | @mattmakai | makaimc on GitHub | Twilio

1996

Exponential Web growth

Jun '93: 130

Dec '94: 10k

Jun '96: 230k

PageRank

microsoft.com

zombie-brain.net

Power Law

Pareto Principle


"80/20" Rule

You do not want to stand against exponential growth.

Web APIs

2014

1996 for Web APIs

Internet of Things

1. Capital One

2. Your career

Capital One

Capital One Valuation

1988: Founded

1996: $2 billion

2014: $45 billion

8 years

Stripe

Payments API

3 years

$2 billion

2013

$550 million

"We Face Intense Competition in All of Our Markets."

"If We Do Not Adjust to Rapid Changes in the Financial Services Industry, Our Financial Performance May Suffer"

"We Face Risk Related To Our Operational, Technological And Organizational Infrastructure."

Your Career

Understand Web fundamentals*

Open source

Web APIs

  • What's out there
  • When to use
  • How to integrate
  • What to copy

Put a bow on it

Wrap up

  • 1996: Web & exponential growth
  • 2014: Web APIs
  • Web APIs critical to CapOne
  • Devs: web fundamentals, open source & web APIs

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