We keep running into the same cycle: requirements seem clear at kickoff, everyone starts building, then during integration, we discover five different interpretations of the same endpoint. Rinse and repeat every sprint.
Tried better docs, more detailed tickets, extra sync meetings - helps temporaril,y but doesn't solve the root issue.
This blog post describes it better than I could: https://apitect.com/blogs/why-api-teams-need-single-source-of-truth
The "one API, many interpretations" section hit hard. Their suggestion about establishing the API contract before any implementation starts seems worth trying - at minimum, it forces those interpretation conflicts to surface early instead of during QA.
Has anyone else dealt with this? What approaches have actually worked long-term? Open to suggestions, but this one feels promising enough to pilot.
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