The Developer Tools Podcast with Fexingo · 2026-07-28 · 8 min
Most APIs don't have a formal lifecycle - features launch in beta, stay there forever, then get yanked with no warning. Lucas and Luna break down the stages used by Stripe and Twilio: from alpha to sunset, with specific timelines, communication requirements, and user migration expectations. They walk through how a lifecycle policy prevents breaking changes from surprising your developers and builds trust in your platform. Plus: why marking something as deprecated is only the beginning, and how to handle the messy middle where old and new versions coexist. If your API team has ever argued about when to remove an old endpoint, this episode gives you the playbook. #API #LifecyclePolicy #Deprecation #Sunsetting #DeveloperExperience #Stripe #Twilio #APIManagement #Versioning #BreakingChanges #BackwardCompatibility #DeveloperTools #Engineering #SoftwareDevelopment #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TheDeveloperToolsPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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