Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"In short, APIs are how businesses speak to one another. Breaking this oath with a poor integration experience is a surefire way to reduce your business potential. By utilizing a source of truth and baking a specification-first approach into your API development and documentation practices, you more clearly communicate changes, reducing the possibility of broken clients and promoting forward compatibility. Great API products must be well-described, easy to understand, and predictable in the long run.</p><p>In the end, the business effects of specification-driven development are manifold. Whether you're building RESTful, GraphQL, or event-driven partner services, having reliable API documentation is important to compete in the digital economy. This consistency equates to a better partner experience, leading to stickier partners and less customer churn. By enabling smoother integrations and reducing frustration, spec-first documentation directly contributes to partner retention and loyalty, which ultimately drives revenue growth."</p><p><a href="https://bump.sh/blog/how-spec-first-api-documentation-aids-partner-integration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bump.sh/blog/how-spec-first-ap</span><span class="invisible">i-documentation-aids-partner-integration</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/APIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APIs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/APIDocumentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APIDocumentation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/TechnicalWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriting</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SpecFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecFirst</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SoftwareDocumentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareDocumentation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Docs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Docs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DeveloperExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeveloperExperience</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DocsAsCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DocsAsCode</span></a></p>