The author discusses their experience in developing a microservices application for a banking app and how they encountered issues with backend API organization and frontend integration. They then introduce Blackbird, an AI-powered API development tool that enables parallel development, advanced mocking capabilities, instant testing and debugging, and persistent deployment. The author highlights the benefits of using Blackbird in terms of project organization, time saved, and modularity. They also suggest potential improvements for the tool, such as more discovery features, spec iteration capabilities, less siloed deployments, and easier code exporting.