๐พ๐ Static APIs
Under certain circumstances, it can be beneficial to replace servers hosting a web API with a pre-generated set of data hosted as static files.
Iโve seen this idea bare fruit at work in the past and Iโm about to apply the trick again in a new context.
Does this pattern have a name?
Iโd like to reference some literature on the topic while planning this project but Iโm struggling to find much source material.
After a few searches, groping in the dark for key words, I came across the term static API. This is an apt label for the pattern, but the sparsity of search results has me wondering if thereโs a more common name for this pattern.
A few blog articles come up in web searches:
- https://www.seancdavis.com/posts/lets-talk-about-static-apis/
- https://www.seancdavis.com/posts/how-to-build-static-api/
- https://medium.com/swlh/building-systems-with-static-apis-631c165d3882
Similar concepts:
- caching
- memoization
- precomputation
- static site generation
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๐พ๐ Static APIs
AI Q: ๐พ When is a static file better than a dynamic database for your project?
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โ Bryan Grounds (@bagrounds.bsky.social) 2026-05-01T23:47:49.000Z
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