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The Technical Roots of API Sprawl

calendar_today July 21, 2026 domain programmableweb

The organizational roots of sprawl set the stage, but modern architecture is what turns a trickle of new APIs into a flood. In this third post of the series I want to look at the technical drivers–the shifts in how we build and deploy software that quietly multiply APIs and endpoints faster than anyone is documenting them. None of these shifts are mistakes.

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