AI Assistants, Accessibility, and APIs

AI-powered assistants are becoming the next logical step as AI gets better at understanding human language.

If a user asks an assistant to order a pizza from your shop, and your app isn't compatible, guess what? They'll blame your app. Not the assistant—it’s smart enough to handle other tasks.

The same way SEO made us optimize content for search engines, AI assistants are pushing us to optimize our apps for better understanding.

You’ll need to learn about accessibility to better describe your UI, so the assistant has to make fewer assumptions.

Making your app accessible to AI assistants also makes it more accessible to humans. It's a win-win.

But why stop at the UI? If you have a solid API, the assistant can use it directly to get the job done even faster.

One of my biggest frustrations with otherwise great software is the lack of proper APIs. It limits what one can do and keeps users dependent on their restrictive client.

The key? A discoverable (and actual REST) API. This isn't just good for AI, it's good for everyone.

AI is literally pushing us to build better, more robust software!