--- type: "article" title: "Weekly API Evangelist Governance (Guidance)" newsletter: "API Evangelist" newsletter_handle: "apievangelist" newsletter_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/apievangelist" author: "Kin Lane (@kinlane)" published: "2025-04-21T12:49:12.657Z" canonical_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/apievangelist/a/weekly-api-evangelist-governance-guidance-7" markdown_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/apievangelist/a/weekly-api-evangelist-governance-guidance-7.md" chat_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/apievangelist/a/weekly-api-evangelist-governance-guidance-7/chat" source_url: "https://buttondown.com/apievangelist/archive/weekly-api-evangelist-governance-guidance-2354/" body_source: "native" likes: 0 replies: 0 body_words: 413 --- # Weekly API Evangelist Governance (Guidance) *Let’s give a big Monday shout out to our*[*documentation partner Theneo*](https://bit.ly/41n9vPS)*and our*[*SDK partner APIMATIC*](https://bit.ly/3UFE1AP)*. API Evangelist storytelling occurs because of Theneo and APIMATIC, and I am thankful to have their support for this exciting ride!* I had to slide the big steel door shut on the wind tunnel that is LinkedIn. I am still publishing stories there and checking my DM’s once or twice a week, but the signal to noise ratio has diminished so greatly I just can’t find any storytelling nutrients there. I am just keeping my head down and responding to questions I get from people I know and are working with in some capacity. [![](https://assets.buttondown.email/images/ab98da6d-e16c-421f-b4e9-17c84e0192c3.png?w=960&fit=max)](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/16/a-simple-api-governance-editor-for-openapi-and-spectral/) *Simple API Governance Editor* [Providing a simple API governance editor for OpenAPI and Spectral](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/16/a-simple-api-governance-editor-for-openapi-and-spectral/) is proving to be a safe place for enterprises to learn about API governance as [I work to map the existing API landscape using evidence gathered from the API gateway](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/16/landscape-mapping-using-openapi-and-kong/). This landscape provides an excellent opportunity for enterprises to establish a baseline for [inline guidance to be layered on top of OpenAPI using a simple API governance editor](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/16/inline-guidance-for-openapi-using-a-simple-api-governance-editor/). [![](https://assets.buttondown.email/images/3fe436f1-b235-46d7-a443-46d1c2f979ba.png?w=960&fit=max)](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/14/questioning-apis/) *Questioning APIs in Age of AI* I spent a lot of time [questioning APIs this week](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/14/questioning-apis/) as I ask myself [what has changed since that first blog post on the API economy in 2010](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/14/what-has-changed-since-that-first-blog-on-the-api-economy-in-2010/), and I feel like it is important to state that the current climate of [business and politics is diminishing the potential of APIs as the next iteration of the web](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/18/business-and-politics-diminishing-the-potential-of-apis-as-the-next-iteration-of-the-web/). As AI rhetoric takes the business of APIs to new heights I felt it is important to highlight [there are reasons APIs were the menu](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/14/there-are-business-reasons-api-were-the-menu/). In this AI “easy button” mindset we find ourselves in I feel compelled to highlight that [there is no single approach or tool for API governance](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/18/there-is-no-single-approach-or-tool-for-api-governance/). Make sure you spend time outside of the wind tunnel [listening to your API voice and not the API noise](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/18/listen-to-your-api-voice-not-the-api-noise/), and remember, there are [so many things you can improve around your APIs without measuring](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/15/there-are-so-many-things-you-can-improve-around-your-apis-without-measuring/). [![](https://assets.buttondown.email/images/2a061f78-bc09-40e3-8b35-44774e7b916c.png?w=960&fit=max)](https://apievangelist.com/2025/04/15/there-are-so-many-things-you-can-improve-around-your-apis-without-measuring/) *Think For Yourself.* Make sure you take time off social media and the Internet this week. Make time to go out in the world and make some human connections. It matters. It matters a lot. *If you need API Evangelist to help out with API governance*[*please let us know how we can help*](https://apievangelist.com/contact/)*. And thank you again to*[*APIMATIC*](https://bit.ly/3NyONos)*and*[*Theneo*](https://bit.ly/41n9vPS)*for their continued support. If you are interested in sponsoring our work and site please*[*review out sponsorship package*](https://partners.apievangelist.com/)*, and drop me an*[*email today*](mailto:info@apievangelist.com)*.* *** ## Discussion No replies yet.