Shawn Hartsock

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You should care about API...

By Shawn Hartsock (author)

Originally published .

Republished from Thoughts and Ideas. The original writing is preserved; topic and concept suggestions are generated metadata, not part of the original article.

It turns out that API are created constantly in any environment that must share code. API are one of the ways that computers carry our thoughts and ideas. And API can limit or expand the way a company (not just a software company) a company does business. It can stifle their growth and limit their ability to do business or it can foster growth…

BTW: much of this talk also applies to general application design not just API design.

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