Tag: api

  • Hardening a Python FRED Integration After 429 Spikes

    By: Joseph Carboni I recently ran into a production issue that a lot of API integrations eventually hit: an upstream service tightened its request pacing, and a previously stable integration started failing under normal traffic. In my case, the upstream service was FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data). The symptom was a wave of 429 Too…

  • Real World APIs

    by Joseph Carboni APIs 101 Early in my technology career, I drew inspiration from ProgrammableWeb’s 11-part video series on APIs (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcgRuP1JhcBP8Kh0MC53GH_pxqfOhTVLa). To non-developers, “API” (short for Application Programming Interface) sounds like jargon, but the concept is everywhere. Think of an API as a contract between a service consumer and provider, defining how transactions work. David…