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Ronny Wolf

Ronny Wolf

EMEA Field CTO at BlueCat Networks, a leading DNS/DHCP/IPAM (DDI) provider, where he advises enterprises on designing, automating, and securing network infrastructure.

Sep 15, 2026

6:42
What's the difference between having an API and being API first?
6:47
Yeah.
6:47
So having an API, um, basically comes then, um, especially if you, um, hey, you want to have in the user interface a new button or whatever, a new functionality.
6:59
And then, um, in development, there is the requirement written down, whatever, a certain, uh, service ticket or Jira ticket is created.
7:07
We have to use a story behind, and then they're starting to, to develop an API.
7:12
Um, does that really fit into some kind of standards or, or, uh, uh, a, a really combined unified approach? No.
7:21
There, you have then there an API, and you have there a little bit and maybe something, okay, we need to combine that.
10:13
Yeah.
6:42
What's the difference between having an API and being API first?
6:47
Yeah.
6:47
So having an API, um, basically comes then, um, especially if you, um, A, you want to have in the user interface a new button or whatever, a new functionality.
6:59
And then, um, in development, there is the requirement written down, whatever, a certain, uh, service ticket or Jira ticket is created.
7:07
We have to use a story behind, and then they're starting to, to develop an API.
7:12
Um, does that really fit into some kind of standards or, or, uh, a, a, a, a really combined unified approach? No.
7:21
There, you have then there an API, and you have there a little bit, and maybe something, okay, we need to combine that.
10:13
Yeah.
6:42
What's the difference between having an API and being API first?
6:47
Yeah.
6:47
So having an API, um, basically comes then, um, especially if you, um, A, you want to have in the user interface a new button or whatever, a new functionality.
6:59
And then, um, in development, there is the requirement written down, whatever, a certain, uh, service ticket or Jira ticket is created.
7:07
We have to use a story behind, and then they're starting to, to develop an API.
7:12
Um, does that really fit into some kind of standards or, or, a, a, a, a, a really combined unified approach? No.
7:21
There, you have then there an API, and you have there a little bit, and maybe something, okay, we need to combine that.
10:13
Yeah.

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