How API Versioning Strategies Destroy Developer Productivity

Episode notes

Episode 71 of The Developer Tools Podcast explores why most API versioning strategies - especially URL-based versioning - make life harder for developers. Lucas and Luna discuss how Stripe, Twilio, and GitHub handle backward compatibility, why version-as-date is gaining traction, and the hidden cost of maintaining multiple versions. They also look at how GraphQL sidesteps the problem entirely and whether a 'no-versioning' contract is actually possible. Concrete examples from Stripe's 2015-11-03 API and Twilio's API version lifecycle. A must-listen for anyone designing or consuming RESTful APIs. #API #Versioning #DeveloperExperience #BackwardCompatibility #Stripe #Twilio #GitHub #GraphQL #REST #SoftwareEngineering #Infrastructure #DeveloperProductivity #APIDesign #TechPodcast #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DevTools Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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