Notes from building ApyHub.
Engineering write-ups, product decisions, and the occasional opinion on how to ship developer infrastructure. Long enough to be useful, short enough that you'll finish it.
Dynamic pricing: every API call costs what the work actually costs
ApyHub APIs can price each request by the work performed, not by an average or a worst-case ceiling. What that means for providers publishing APIs and for the teams calling them.
HTML to PDF API: What It Does and Why Teams Use One
Turn a web page or HTML into a PDF with one API call. What HTML to PDF APIs are used for, why teams stop building it themselves, and the options on ApyHub.
How to Promote Your API After You Publish It
Your API is live. Here is how to bring developers to it: your own channels, the agent angle, writing that shows what your API makes possible, and the platforms worth publishing on.
How to Monetize an API in 2026: Pricing, Distribution, and What You Actually Keep
A practical guide to API monetization: the commission every major marketplace takes, how to price per call, and what changes now that agents are the buyers.
IFSC Code Validation API: Verify Indian Bank Details Before You Send Money
An IFSC code identifies a specific bank branch in India. Learn how IFSC validation works, why regex is not enough, and how to verify codes with a single API call.
EU VAT Number Validation API: Check Tax IDs Before You Invoice
A VAT number identifies a business for tax purposes. Learn how EU VAT formats work, where regex breaks down, and how to validate tax IDs with one API call.
ApyHub MCP Server: Native API Discovery and Execution for AI Agents
ApyHub shipped a native MCP server that lets AI agents search the certified API catalog at runtime and call exactly the capability they need, instead of loading hundreds of tool d…
Five years in, we finally have the right word for what we are
For five years we called ourselves an API marketplace, but usage-based pricing, one Spotify-style subscription, and hosting providers ourselves quietly made us something else — a…
Trusting and Bundling Packages Keeps Getting Harder for developers in 2026
Open-source packages were the answer to building everything yourself. Then came chalk/debug, Shai-Hulud, and xz-utils. A sourced look at why package trust is breaking down, and wh…
The SOA Promise: Why Trust Held It Back, and Why AI Agents Make It Unavoidable
Service-oriented architecture promised software composed from best-in-class services. Trust was the blocker. Here is why the agentic era, EU regulation, and the maintenance tax ma…
AEO vs SEO: What Answer Engine Optimization Actually Changes
Answer engine optimization (AEO) explained: how AI search picks its sources, what changes vs classic SEO, what stays the same, and a practical AEO checklist.
Link Preview API: Safe Link Previews Without Building a Scraper
Generate link previews with one API call — title, description, image, plus a built-in malicious-link check. No scraper to maintain, no SSRF risk, serverless-ready.