Building Hashnode's Public APIs with Sandro, Jannik, and Sandeep - Ep 1, The Commit Podcast

Episode 1 - The Commit Podcast by Hashnode In this episode, our host, Sandeep Panda, who is also the co-founder of Hashnode, engages in an insightful conversation with Sandro Volpicella and Jannik Wempe, the Platform Leads at Hashnode. They discuss the intriguing process of developing Hashnode's public APIs. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro Music 0:09 - Introduction to the Podcast 0:28 - Introduction to the First Episode 0:38 - Can Starting a Blog Help You Land a Job? 5:22 - What Motivated Hashnode to Build Public APIs? 9:11 - Technologies Used for the APIs 14:00 - Challenges in Developing APIs for Hashnode at Scale 20:20 - Implementing Caching for Hashnode APIs 26:13 - Regular Maintenance of Hashnode APIs 33:40 - Speed and Performance of the APIs 38:09 - Webhooks 45:30 - Key Personal Takeaways from Working on Hashnode APIs Links mentioned during the podcast: 1. Hashnode's Overall Architecture: https://engineering.hashnode.com/hashnodes-overall-architecture 2. Headless Hashnode - Hashnode as a CMS: https://hashnode.com/headless 3. API Docs: https://apidocs.hashnode.com/ 4. GraphQL Playground: https://apidocs.hashnode.com/ Connect with us: Hashnode: https://hashnode.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashnode Connect with Sandeep Panda: https://sandeep.dev/blog, https://twitter.com/sandeepg33k Connect with Sandro Volpicella: https://sandro.volpee.de, https://twitter.com/sandro_vol Connect with Jannik Wempe: https://blog.jannikwempe.com, https://twitter.com/JannikWempe