https://apicourse.com/tags/jobs/ Recent content in Jobs on API Course Hugo en-us Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://apicourse.com/async-job-apis-handling-long-running-operations-the-right-way/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://apicourse.com/async-job-apis-handling-long-running-operations-the-right-way/ <p>HTTP is a synchronous protocol. A client sends a request and waits for a response. This works well for operations that complete in milliseconds — a database read, a record update, a validation check. It breaks down for operations that take seconds, minutes, or longer: video transcoding, report generation, bulk data exports, machine learning inference on large inputs, email campaigns to millions of recipients.</p> <p>Holding an HTTP connection open for a minute or more is technically possible and practically wrong. Clients time out. Load balancers have maximum request durations. Users cannot tell the difference between a server still working and a server that silently failed. Long synchronous operations produce brittle integrations and poor user experiences.</p>