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Building Better SDKs with Generative AI

Through many years of working with APIs, I’ve always been struck by the fundamental problems of SDKs. Most are not…

Before I criticize SDKs, I’ll give them a proper eulogy: SDKs have taken us a long way. Having packaged, reusable…

This blog post is part of the APIFutures coordinated by Matthew Reinbold where he recruited some of the best and…

In software development, a “Design Smell” is a signal that something isn’t quite right. Think of it like your car…

While I’ve made a case for Developer Experience (DevEx) – aptly named The Case for a Great Developer Experience –…

OAuth 2.0 (RFC 6749) is a great authorization framework but it leaves much up to the imagination. Luckily, there are…

API Documentation comes in a variety of forms. You can find it in pdfs, html, or even a Postman-collection that…

All opinions and analysis in this post reflect my experience and opinion, not those of current or previous employers. They…

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API Design

This was originally published on the Clarify.io blog, reproduced here. When I joined Twilio in early 2011, I learned that…