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7 reasons why your APIs might need a reboot in 2021
Tomorrow marks the start of the first working day for many. Part of me reminisces to walk into a physical office and wish everyone a Happy New Year and reconnect over coffee with friends and colleagues after a well deserved break. For most us still at home, it probably is going to be nothing more than just opening up the laptop and logging on.
The beginning of the year for me has always been times where I feel that I have room to think broadly and holistically. Left too late in the year and one risks getting tied down in ensuring that the plans that were set out earlier in the year are actually close to completion.
Before we all get too caught up with the day to day, I want to encourage you to use your time to reflect on your APIs and your Integration strategy broadly to see if it needs a tune-up, a little TLC.
As you reflect back on 2020 think about whether one or one of the below is true of your APIs:
- Do you have more features / capabilities but your competitor is stealing the show because their API is easy to understand and integrate with?
- Did you build APIs with a rush to deliver something for a specific market/vertical use case and now other partners are asking for it but it’s not reusable?
- Have your API’s become bloated with…
