June 2025

Provenance

Origins of API Design Matters

Jun 16, 2025 • David Biesack

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API Design Antipattern: Leaky Abstractions

Pro tip: Do not let internal implementation constraints leak into your API

Jun 4, 2025 • David Biesack

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April 2025

The API Team Mantra

200 is Not OK

Apr 23, 2025 • David Biesack

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March 2025

From Here to There, from Where to Here

Patterns for Web API Query Parameters

Mar 17, 2025 • David Biesack

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January 2025

Wherefore HATEOAS

Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State

Jan 24, 2025 • David Biesack

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September 2024

Leave a calling card

Make API responses more self-descriptive with reference objects

Sep 20, 2024 • David Biesack

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August 2024

Validating API Requests

Techniques for API Request Validation

Aug 19, 2024 • David Biesack

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July 2024

An API Design Matters Milestone

Today, API Design Matters passed 1,000 subscribers!

Jul 26, 2024 • David Biesack

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API Naming Patterns

Patterns for naming things in APIs

Jul 16, 2024 • David Biesack

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June 2024

!Oh, CRUD!

or, Being Resourceful in REStful API Design

Jun 18, 2024 • David Biesack

PATCH /api-design-matters/rate-plan

API Design Matters is now free for all

Jun 12, 2024 • David Biesack

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