The 3 Rules I Follow When Designing APIs That Last I treat A... by Saeed MohammadpourThe 3 Rules I Follow When Designing APIs That Last I treat A... by Saeed Mohammadpour
The 3 Rules I Follow When Designing APIs That Last I treat A...
The 3 Rules I Follow When Designing APIs That Last
I treat API design like writing a long-term contract: clear, predictable, and easy to extend.
Every endpoint I ship passes three quick checks:
1οΈβ£ Human readability β a dev should understand it in 10 seconds.
2οΈβ£ Test coverage β if itβs not tested, itβs not done.
3οΈβ£ Version control β break nothing for existing clients.
These small habits keep teams from rewriting APIs six months later.
The 3 Rules I Follow When Designing APIs That Last
I treat API design like writing a long-term contract: clear, predictable, and easy to extend.
Every endpoi...