Apr 16TypeAPI an alternative to OpenAPIThis post introduces TypeAPI a new specification to describe REST APIs which is optimized for code generation. You probably think, we have already settled for OpenAPI why do we need a new specification. With this post I would like to answer this question and describe the ideas and future plans…Open Api4 min readOpen Api4 min read
Apr 10PSX an alternative to Laravel/Symfony for building APIsPSX is a PHP framework dedicated to build fully typed REST APIs. It provides a new approach to build APIs and tries to challenge existing frameworks like Laravel or Symfony. In this post I like to introduce the framework and show how it can be used to build REST APIs. …PHP5 min readPHP5 min read
Mar 18One open source developer vs enterprise companiesIn this post I like to talk about the advantages which a single open source developer has against enterprise companies to build a better product. …Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Jan 28TypeSchema a future to a type-safe webOn November 2020 I wrote the article “TypeSchema an alternative to JsonSchema” which received over the time some great responses. …Typescript3 min readTypescript3 min read
Dec 23, 2022Generative backend, an alternative to Backend-as-a-Service providers like Firebase or SupabaseIntroduction In this post I like to share my thoughts regarding the current Backend-as-a-Service landscape and how a generative backend can improve the current situation to help developers build better APIs. As notice, I`am the founder of APIgen which is a service to generate backend APIs. Today most BaaS providers work…API3 min readAPI3 min read
Oct 12, 2022GitHub action upload artifact to maven repositoryToday I had the task to use GitHub actions to automatically publish an open source Java project to the maven repository. The following post should simply explain all steps. Register account Register an account at: https://issues.sonatype.org/projects/OSSRH/issues/ If your account was approved you can login to Nexus at: https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/ Generate GPG keys Use the following commands to generate a new key pair and output the secret key to a file “private.pgp”Java1 min readJava1 min read
Aug 21, 2022Fusio as backend to build type-safe APIs for your Angular appThis post will cover how you can use Fusio as backend for your Angular app. Fusio is an open source API management system which helps to build and manage great APIs. Development Generator Fusio provides a generator to automatically create a complete API based on an entity definition. This means you can…API4 min readAPI4 min read
Aug 17, 2022Laravel create REST API with FusioIn this post I will explain how to integrate a REST API build with Fusio into an existing Laravel app. To dive directly into the code please checkout our Laravel sample app which contains the complete Fusio integration. Introduction At first I like to give a short introduction to Laravel and…Rest Api2 min readRest Api2 min read
Feb 13, 2022Write type-safe SQL with PHPWith this post I like to share an improvement to our code base at Fusio. We are currently working on our next major 3.0 release and this idea is maybe also useful for other applications. In the past we had often the problem, that we have renamed a table column…PHP3 min readPHP3 min read
Jan 29, 2022Thoughts about low/no code and vendor lock-inIn the last months I have seen a lot low/no code solutions which provide basically a user interface to create backend logic. The idea is great that also non-developers can build solutions, there is also the term “citizen developer” which basically means that every person is able to build solutions…Low Code2 min readLow Code2 min read
