This one was special - not just because it was beautifully crafted but also because it's the first article, I distributed across the internet.
It's one of the most, if not the most, asked questions by a lot of my friends, "What the heck is an API?" I took a week to write down an explanation in simple English.
https://medium.com/@mohitmamoria/what-the-heck-is-an-api-6ed638dff08