The APIs Quietly Powering the Products You Use Every Day

When users interact with a product, they see the surface: the interface, the animations, the data that appears in front of them. What they do not see is the layer underneath — the network of APIs that make the product work. The payment processor that handles the transaction. The mapping service that plots the route. The AI model that generates the response. The identity provider that authenticates the user. Modern software products are not monolithic systems. They are compositions — carefully as