APIs are hard to get right the first time. I could see why they wouldn't want to release one until they've dogfooded and refined it.
That said, I'd love to see them take an approach unstable API release that requires the app to show a warning like "This app relies on unfinished features that may change or stop working entirely in the future, requiring the seller to release an apo update." and require them to launch it as a free preview, make it refundable during this period, etc.
Apple Maps has been able to display full-size navigation on the lockscreen since iOS 7 or 8 (?). Apple Maps also has access to a special style of notification that no other navigation app has.
iOS 7 was released in 2013. 13 years ago, aeons in tech land.
So "APIs are hard to get right the first time. I could see why they wouldn't want to release one until they've dogfooded and refined it." is crap. They're hoarding private API access purely for competitive advantage in services.
1) Apple has had a lot of functionality gated for many years. I’d buy the “they need to refine it” if they had a track record of actually opening things up without the hammer of regulation forcing them to.
2) This is a solved problem. You throw a “this is an experimental API, it’s interface may change”
I feel like we could expect a bit more from the billion dollar company to support new apis. They have a solid mechanism to deprecate apis and force developers to rebuild their apps already, just shorten that window for the cutting edge apis released in preview.
Ascertain | NYC (Hybrid ~3d/week) | Full-time | $180k–$280k + equity | Healthcare AI | Senior Engineers: Backend, Frontend, AI
Ascertain is a healthcare AI startup backed by Northwell (New York's largest health system) and Deerfield. We're a small team automating the painful admin work that clogs up the U.S. healthcare system — things like prior authorizations, discharge planning, and insurance claims. Our goal is simple: give time back to clinicians so they can focus on patient care, not paperwork.
We've found early product-market fit and are growing the team thoughtfully. We're hiring senior engineers across the stack: backend, frontend, and AI/LLM. We're NYC-based and hybrid (most of us come in ~3 days/week). We're not counting badge swipes — we just want teammates who want to be in the room with us often enough to build trust, have fun, and work on hard problems together!
What we're building:
* A general-purpose automation platform for healthcare ops, powered by LLMs
* A system that reads unstructured documents, fills out payer forms, and explains rejections
* Tools to automate patient discharge planning in hospitals
* A foundation for making AI in healthcare safe, observable, and human-in-the-loop
What we're looking for:
* AI Engineer — experience productionizing LLM apps (agents, RAG, embeddings); solid Python; knows how to build ML systems that ship
* Backend Engineer — strong Python/FastAPI; infra-savvy (K8s, Terraform, Docker); thoughtful about API design and scalability
* Frontend Engineer — React/TypeScript expert who's opinionated about UX and happy to dip into backend when needed
More importantly, we're looking for engineers who like open-ended, ambiguous challenges, and want to work with a tight-knit, high-trust team to solve real-world problems.
Pleas remember that we are looking for NYC local only, no exceptions at this time :(.
Ascertain | NYC (Hybrid ~3d/week) | Full-time | $180k–$280k + equity | Healthcare AI | Senior Engineers: Backend, Frontend, AI
Ascertain is a healthcare AI startup backed by Northwell (New York's largest health system) and Deerfield. We're a small team automating the painful admin work that clogs up the U.S. healthcare system — things like prior authorizations, discharge planning, and insurance claims. Our goal is simple: give time back to clinicians so they can focus on patient care, not paperwork.
We've found early product-market fit and are growing the team thoughtfully. We're hiring senior engineers across the stack: backend, frontend, and AI/LLM. We're NYC-based and hybrid (most of us come in ~3 days/week). We're not counting badge swipes — we just want teammates who want to be in the room with us often enough to build trust, have fun, and work on hard problems together!
What we're building:
* A general-purpose automation platform for healthcare ops, powered by LLMs
* A system that reads unstructured documents, fills out payer forms, and explains rejections
* Tools to automate patient discharge planning in hospitals
* A foundation for making AI in healthcare safe, observable, and human-in-the-loop
What we're looking for:
* AI Engineer — experience productionizing LLM apps (agents, RAG, embeddings); solid Python; knows how to build ML systems that ship
* Backend Engineer — strong Python/FastAPI; infra-savvy (K8s, Terraform, Docker); thoughtful about API design and scalability
* Frontend Engineer — React/TypeScript expert who's opinionated about UX and happy to dip into backend when needed
More importantly, we're looking for engineers who like open-ended, ambiguous challenges, and want to work with a tight-knit, high-trust team to solve real-world problems.
That said, I'd love to see them take an approach unstable API release that requires the app to show a warning like "This app relies on unfinished features that may change or stop working entirely in the future, requiring the seller to release an apo update." and require them to launch it as a free preview, make it refundable during this period, etc.