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James Perkins
Unkey
@jamesperkins
CEO of @unkeydev The Developer Platform for Modern APIs. Yes I am British.
Raleigh, NC
unkey.com
Joined November 2018
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Oct 10, 2021
    Windows 11 laptop update: - Laptop is slower - Battery life down - Looks nice
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Jun 25, 2020
    When you start your developer journey: 1. Go slow and learn the fundamentals. 2. Don't compare yourself to others. 3. Find like minded devs to ask questions when you are stuck. 4. Learn to Google. You got this! #learntocode #100DaysOfCode
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Nov 11, 2021
    Me: developer with over a decade of experience. Also me: "how to map over an object in JavaScript?”
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Mar 14, 2025
    Go is superior. The team built one of the most delightful HTTP libs with three core principles. - Simple - Clarity - Efficient It also makes testing easy or so they tell me.
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    Zen | Unkey
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Jan 21, 2023
    Prisma laying off 28% team yesterday flew right under my radar.
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Nov 15, 2023
    We are excited to announce that @unkeydev raised a $1.5 million pre-seed to solve API authentication and authorization for the next generation of developers. unkey.dev/blog/unkey-rai…
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Aug 11, 2023
    Save me
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Jun 21, 2023
    Introducing Unkey - API key management made easy 100% Open Source - Create, verify and manage keys to provide your users access to your API - Built in rate limiting - Short lived keys
    unkey.com
    Unkey | The Developer Platform for Modern APIs
    Unkey brings API deployment, gateways, and observability into one platform.
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    James Perkins
    Unkey
    @jamesperkins
    Nov 14, 2023
    We are hiring! Come work on @unkeydev and solve API auth for the next generation of developers. 🌐 Remote Anywhere 💵 $80k - $120k 🧑‍💻 Commercial Open Source Apply below 👇 unkey.dev/careers/softwa…
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Dec 22, 2023
    When you haven't coded enough recently so you question your abilities to make a simple one file change.
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Apr 8, 2023
    Somedays you wake up and think: "What if I rate limit an API, protect my pages and the API but all at the middleware level" Then you do it in 68 lines. Gist included in following tweet! 🚀
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Dec 27, 2023
    what we using for forms these days? Tanstack? React Hook Form? Something else?
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Mar 28, 2025
    Monorepos are ass. change my mind
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    James Perkins
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    @jamesperkins
    Sep 18, 2022
    Is tech slowly turning into the fitness industry? - I can teach you to code in 6 weeks and you can get a job. - Buy my source code for your next SaaS - Learn X and be an expert in 24 hours - Pay *Cheap amount* for my course see results Fuck me this space is an embarrassing

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