ASC 2019 - API Specifications Conference

Once created, an API will undergo growth and change. It's essential to focus on API design throughout this time. Don't release things too early, but don't keep previews running forever. Integrators need to know they can trust the API. But also don't consider deprecations a bad thing. Breaking changes are a sign of a healthy, actively used and maintained API. They are necessary to ensure long term growth and stability of your API. This talk covers some strategies you can take to achieve this, and how we do some of these things at GitHub. While integrators want stability, if you focus on being responsive integrators will generally help you to help them.