How to Deprecate an API Without Breaking Your Users

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Deprecating an API version is inevitable, but most teams do it badly - leaving developers scrambling when integrations break. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the surprisingly small set of tools that make deprecation painless: the HTTP Sunset header, deprecation notices in API responses, and the art of communicating early. They walk through how Stripe handled the retirement of their 2019-02-19 API version, why a two-year sunset window isn't enough if you don't also use Sunset headers, and what GitHub could have done differently when they deprecated v3 of their REST API. The hosts also discuss the trade-off between supporting old versions forever and the engineering cost of maintaining multiple API versions. If you build or maintain an API, this episode gives you a concrete checklist to avoid confusing your users - and your future self. #API #Deprecation #SunsetHeader #DeveloperTools #RESTAPI #APIVersioning #DevTools #Engineering #SoftwareEngineering #APIDesign #WebDevelopment #Backend #Tech #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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