TypeScript
Building Type-Safe API Clients From OpenAPI Schemas
Stop hand-maintaining API interfaces that drift from the backend — generate them from OpenAPI and turn breaking changes into compile errors.
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Tag
API Design
7 articles
Software Engineering
API Versioning and Deprecation Policy
A practical framework for versioning APIs and deprecating old versions without breaking clients you don't control or can't even see.
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Stripe
Rate Limiters and Load Shedders: How Stripe's API Protects Itself
How Stripe layers per-request rate limiting with system-wide load shedding to keep its payments API available when traffic spikes or dependencies slow down.
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Performance
API Batching and the DataLoader Pattern
How request batching and the DataLoader pattern eliminate N+1 query storms in APIs, with a look at when batching helps and when it just adds latency.
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Java
Generics Variance: Covariance, Wildcards, and PECS
Wildcard generics confuse most developers on sight, but the PECS rule turns a wall of question marks into a mechanical, memorable decision.
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Stripe
How Stripe Keeps a Decade of API Versions Backwards Compatible
Stripe's approach to API versioning uses per-account pinned versions and request/response transforms instead of forcing every integration onto the latest shape.
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Java
Optional in Java: Intended Use and Common Abuse
Optional was designed for exactly one purpose: expressive return types. Used anywhere else, it tends to add ceremony without removing any risk.
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