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Code with Jason283 - Tom Akehurst, CTO and Co-Founder at WireMockIn this episode I talk with Tom Akehurst, CTO and Co-founder at WireMock, about API mocking, testing philosophy (verification vs specification, contracts, the testing pyramid), inner vs outer loop development, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) for integrating AI coding tools with external services.Links:WireMockWireMock on YouTubeTom Akehurst on LinkedInNonsense Monthly
2025-12-311h 00
SundayVenezuela; History of Advent; Tom StoppardAmid the prospect of an imminent US strike on Venezuela, we look at how a once overwhelmingly Catholic country has seen its evangelical population surge from just 4% in the 1970s to nearly 30% today. This religious shift is unfolding as President Nicolás Maduro faces international rejection of his 2024 victory and mounting pressure from Donald Trump’s White House. William Crawley speaks to Dr Fernando Mora, an academic and former pastor who has spent years studying the rise of Evangelicalism in Venezuela.On the Second Sunday of Advent, we explore the season’s history. Advent calendars are just one o...
2025-12-0743 min
DevOps ParadoxWireMock and the Changing Landscape of API Development Tools#318: In this episode, we explore how AI is fundamentally reshaping the world of API development and testing with Tom Akehurst, CTO & Co-founder at WireMock. As AI agents become more prevalent in software development, the tools and practices around API design, testing, and maintenance are evolving rapidly. Tom shares insights on how WireMock is adapting to this new landscape and what it means for developers and organizations building distributed systems. Tom's contact information X: https://x.com/TomAkehurst LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomakehurst/ YouTube channel: h...
2025-10-0141 min
Daily Politics from the New StatesmanKemi Badenoch isn't working | Cover Story with Tom McTagueShe was the Tory saviour. Now, by November, she could be gone.Where did it all go wrong for Kemi Badenoch?--For this week's New Statesman magazine, Will Lloyd has written a powerful and revealing profile of the Nigerian immigrant who rose to lead the Conservative Party. Will joins Tom McTague to discuss what he discovered in the course of his reporting, including why Conservative grandees first celebrated, then turned against, Kemi Badenoch. They explore whether racism plays a role in the way...
2025-07-2340 min
2025-07-1439 min
APIs You Won't HateAll about Mocking, with Wiremock's Tom AkehurstMocking is one of those things that started out as a simple idea, and has evolved to support an incredible amount of developer use cases over the years. In this episode of the Podcast, Tom from Wiremock chats with Phil about what mocking is, strategies for not littering OpenAPI doc with mocking details, and ways to keep api dev teams empowered by mocking, instead of hampered by it.Wiremockon BlueSky @wiremock.bsky.socialon Mastodon @fosstodon/wiremockon GitHub @wiremock/wiremockCreators & Guests
Phil Sturgeon - Host
Tom Akehurst - Guest
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2025-07-0151 min
TestGuild Automation PodcastWireMock with Tom AkehurstIn this episode, we sit down with Tom Akehurst, the creator of WireMock, the popular open-source API mocking tool now powering simulation at scale in modern development pipelines. We unpack the real-world benefits of API mocking, when to simulate vs. integrate, and how WireMock Cloud is helping teams manage drift, complexity, and change. If you're exploring API testing, mocking tools, or wondering how OpenAPI, AI, and MCP (Model Context Protocols) fit into the picture—this one's for you.
2025-06-2239 min
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots573: Mocking the Future: Tom Akehurst on WireMock and API TestingSami talks with Tom Akehurst, Co-Founder of WireMock, about the delay and disconnect between front and back end development and how WireMock set out to bridge the two together.
Tom explains how his time working for Disney paved the way for WireMock, the different processes of mocking and testing APIs, and provides some useful advice on how to improve your testing process as a whole.
Sami also puts Tom’s knowledge to the test as he seeks some feedback on a real world example he’s been working on recently.
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2025-05-0839 min
A Bootiful PodcastWiremock’s Lee Turner and Tom AkehurstHi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Wiremock's leaders Lee Turner and Tom Akehurst
2025-04-111h 07
Tech Lead Journal#210 - Creator of WireMock: Building a Successful Open Source Project and The Art of API Mocking - Tom Akehurst(05:29) Brought to you by Swimm.ioStart modernizing your mainframe faster with Swimm.Understand the what, why, and how of your mainframe code.Use AI to uncover critical code insights for seamless migration, refactoring, or system replacement.Tired of API dependencies slowing down your development and testing?Dive into my conversation with Tom Akehurst, creator of WireMock, and discover the art of using API mocking to build successful software in complex distributed environments.Key topics discussed:The origin story of WireMock, born from integration challenges at Disney...
2025-03-2452 min
Quarkus InsightsQuarkus Insights #182: Quarkus Testing with WiremockTom Akehurst & Lee Turner join us to discuss how to use the Wiremock extension in Quarkus to help you test and mock APIs.
2024-11-1259 min
Software Engineering DailyCreating Mock APIs with Tom AkehurstAPI mocking is a technique used to simulate the behavior of an API without actually connecting to the real API. It is useful for various reasons, including testing, isolation, development, and cost reduction. By using API mocking, developers can test their code without relying on the availability of the real API, isolate the code being tested from the behavior of the API, work on their code even when the API is not yet available, and reduce the number of requests they make to the real API, thus saving money.WireMock is a flexible tool for building mock...
2023-02-2251 min
Get New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaG.F. Newman’s The Corrupted: Series 3 and 4: A BBC Radio full-cast crime drama by G. F. NewmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: G.F. Newman’s The Corrupted: Series 3 and 4: A BBC Radio full-cast crime drama Series: #2 of G.F. Newman’s The Corrupted Author: G. F. Newman Narrator: Izabella Urbanowicz, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Steve Nallon, Joe Armstrong, Richard Wilson, Toby Jones, Full Cast, Jasmine Hyde Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The third and fourth series of the criminal family saga, based on G. F. Newman's bestselling novels 'Terrific listening' The Independent 1971. As Ted Heath's government presides over the collapse of Rolls Royce, and B...
2022-04-2805 min
Reel Politik PodcastEpisode 65 - Luke the Nuke and the British BruiserNew RP sees the Simon & Garfunkel of podcasting, Jack and Tom, back in the saddle to review light entertainment personality Ed Balls' new television event Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls, read through the vintage blog posts of Labour First chair and Labour NEC candidate Luke "Russia" Akehurst, and do a Q&A, answering Twitter-sourced questions from RP's devoted fanbase. As it's a long episode, the segments are as follows:
0 mins - Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls
40 mins - The blog posts of Luke Akehurst
1hr 20 mins - Q&A with RP listeners
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