UI vs. API. vs. UAI
13 days ago
- #User Experience
- #Software Development
- #Interface Design
- The text discusses the evolution of interfaces from UI (User Interface) for humans to API (Application Programmable Interface) for applications, and now UAI (User Agent Interface) for agents like LLMs.
- It emphasizes the importance of designing features to be accessible and legible across all three interfaces (UI, API, UAI) without degrading any one of them.
- Highlights the need to abstract the source of truth for feature functionality into the underlying application logic rather than embedding it in any single interface.
- Uses the example of a reservation system's date field to illustrate how business logic (like blocking weekends) should be centralized and exposed through interfaces appropriately.
- Stresses the distinction between centralized business logic and interface-specific presentation or interaction patterns.