API Strategy

API Design for Developers and Partners A well designed API acts as a clear contract between your team, developers, and partner companies. It reduces friction, speeds integrations, and helps your platform scale. In practice, this means clear resource naming, stable behavior, predictable versioning, and good documentation that answers both “how to start” and “what to expect.” Think in terms of resources rather than actions. Use stable, versioned paths and consistent responses. Provide precise error messages and helpful example payloads. For partners, design authentication and access with clear scopes, test data, and a simple onboarding flow. The goal is to empower external teams to build quickly without guessing your internal rules. ...

APIs as Products: Designing, Documenting, and Discovering APIs are not just a group of endpoints. When you treat them as products, you give them a clear purpose, a target user, and a path to value. This shifts the work from “build a thing” to “deliver a usable service.” Teams align on outcomes, measure success, and invest in reliability and clarity. A product mindset also helps avoid breaking changes that surprise developers. ...