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Discussion on: Designing APIs for humans: Design patterns

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Freddy Hidalgo-Monchez • Edited

Awesome share! Completely agree with the human-centric approach. As engineers I think we too often fall in the trap of developing "perfect" solutions in our heads and forget to include the target audience in those discussions.

In a way, I see API design similar to developing a new product: lean principles can help build the most useful thing. This book also highlights how important that is (not affiliated or sponsored, just a fan 😛) manning.com/books/the-design-of-we...