--- title: Best Nordic APIs posts — August 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Nordic APIs posts from August 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/nordicapis/best-of/2024/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/nordicapis/best-of/2024/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Nordic APIs posts — August 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Nordic APIs posts from August 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Nordic APIs — August 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/8-tools-to-automatically-generate-api-documentation-gyqjx7ahn "8 Tools To Automatically Generate API Documentation") Article Nordic APIs · 2y 8 Tools To Automatically Generate API Documentation API documentation is crucial for communication between developers and end users. This post highlights top tools for automatically generating API documentation, including Swagger, Postman, DreamFactory, Apiary, Read the Docs, Theneo, Redocly, and ReadMe. Each tool offers unique features, integration options, and levels of automation, which can be selected based on specific API requirements and team workflows. 110 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/api-design-in-the-post-openapi-era-cdyqlsxdm "API Design in the Post-OpenAPI Era") Article Nordic APIs · 2y API Design in the Post-OpenAPI Era New description languages and frameworks are influencing API design, shifting from traditional OpenAPI Specification towards tools like TypeSpec. The aim is to reduce errors and improve the API development experience. The Platform Summit will feature experts discussing these trends, highlighting tools that support API-first strategies and domain-specific languages for creating consistent API products. The role of OpenAPI is evolving into automatically generated artifacts rather than manually edited files. 65 1 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-rise-of-api-first-companies-5-success-stories-ly87adurp "The Rise of API-First Companies: 5 Success Stories") Article Nordic APIs · 2y The Rise of API-First Companies: 5 Success Stories The API-first paradigm emphasizes designing APIs as the core product around which everything else is built. It ensures modularity, extensibility, and scalability in development. Notable success stories include Stripe, Netflix, Amazon, Twilio, and Checkr. Each company leveraged an API-first strategy to achieve significant market success and operational efficiency. 36 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/7-ways-to-test-llms-yp7roqag7 "7 Ways to Test LLMs") Article Nordic APIs · 2y 7 Ways to Test LLMs Large language models (LLMs) have become essential tools for many organizations, but they have shortcomings, particularly in consistent performance and reliability. To address this, various methods and standards have been developed to test LLMs, including BERTScore, ROUGE, BLEU, MMLU, GLUE, G-Eval, and HELM. Each has its strengths and weaknesses, offering different approaches to measure the efficacy of these models. 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