In my experience, API teams are much more successful using a design-first approach, starting documentation earlier and iterating through the development process.

In API-first design, APIs are defined up front for both computers and humans so you don't waste time building anything that doesn't meet business, technical and regulatory standards.

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74% of developers now prioritize API design when building applications, according to Postman’s 2024 State of the API Report Developers are shifting from code-first to API-first thinking when it ...

An API-first approach specifically involves more time thinking about the design of a specific API, before the code is actually written and the implementation takes place. A different approach to ...

Besides vulnerabilities, hackers can also exploit exposed API endpoints without a secure design. An API-first approach puts the focus on API security practices right from the beginning of the ...

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Encourage your API designers to use this approach to not only add documentation in the main body of an API design, but also in any libraries you use. There’s a lot to like in Cadl.

Without being API-first, companies simply won’t have the visibility across their operations to understand where consistency exists or doesn’t in the design of an API as well as the supporting ...

A modular, API-first design allows brands to scale AI decisioning without getting locked into rigid systems. Editor's note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series on enterprise decisioning in martech.

The API guild (as described above) can be the flag-bearer of an API-first cultural change, fostering collaboration between those defining the value propositions of what digital products are to be ...