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Videos

Videos offer an engaging way to provide information and updates with producers nad consumers of APIs, demonstrating how an API can be used, providing webinars, workshops, and other useful videos about what is happening with an API.

Rules

APIs.json Apis Properties Video Info

This property ensures there is a reference to a video page or channel for an API

Strategies

APIs Are Part of Regular Active Communication

APIs do not exist in a vacuum. The teams that treat communication as an afterthought are the ones whose consumers are always blindsided by changes. Road maps, change logs, blog posts, videos--weave...

Experiences

Alignment

I see product and engineering teams talking past each other constantly when it comes to APIs. Without alignment on the why behind each API, you end up with technically sound resources that nobody a...

Change

Change is the one constant across the API landscape, and I watch teams struggle with it every single day. If you aren't actively managing and communicating change across versions, deprecations, and...

Communication

I struggle with how little communication happens between the teams producing APIs and the people consuming them. Blogs, changelogs, roadmaps -- these are building blocks that most teams just skip, ...

Consistency

When I look across the API landscape, consistency is one of the biggest challenges I see. Every team does things differently, and the surface area of inconsistency just grows until governance becom...

Discovery

Discovery is the dark matter of the API landscape. Teams build APIs that already exist somewhere else, and consumers can't find the APIs they need. Without a catalog and proper metadata, you're jus...

Onboarding

I see teams dealing with massive friction during onboarding. If a consumer can't get from zero to their first successful API call in minutes, you've already lost them. Getting started guides, sandb...

Self-Service

Self-service is the goal I keep pushing teams toward. If a consumer can't find your API, sign up, get keys, and make their first call without emailing someone, you've created a bottleneck that will...