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"2023 State of the API Report" should be titled "2023 State of Postman Usage Report". I don't say it has no value, but it's clearly tinted with Postman angle of
by jicea 3y ago
"2023 State of the API Report" should be titled "2023 State of Postman Usage Report". I don't say it has no value, but it's clearly tinted with Postman angle of view (and business alignment)
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoUnfortunately, I think that's a lot of the instances in this list - they're essentially just marketing blurbs masquerading as polls. Postman's report is like that (API thought leaders are the ones that use Postman the most!), but the Datadog, Hashicorp, and other reports are similar - the conclusions are basically "you need to use our product to be good", e.g. Hashicorp's conclusion "More cloud-mature companies improved their business outcomes with respect to speed, risk, and efficiency." (Oh, and by the way, being "cloud mature" means using tools like Terraform). Not saying the polls are necessarily invalid, but there is soooo much attempted BS "submarine marketing" these days that I think it's important to always consider the motivations of the source.