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<API Design />

// Best practices, patterns, and principles for designing RESTful APIs, GraphQL schemas, and microservice interfaces. Covering versioning, authentication, documentation, and more.

[4posts]

<Coding Is Easy, Engineering Is Hard />

// Why we confuse coding and engineering, and what it means to build systems that last.

[Mar 1, 2026]· 6 min read

<RESTful API Design Principles />

// Why designing APIs is not the same as making them work — and how RESTful principles help you stay predictable, consistent, and kind to the developers on the other side of your HTTP boundary.

[Jan 15, 2026]· 6 min read

<GraphQL vs REST — When to Use What />

// Neither GraphQL nor REST is “better”—they solve different problems. A grounded look at trade-offs, caching, team fit, and when each style earns its place (or doesn’t).

[Jan 10, 2026]· 5 min read

<API Versioning Strategies />

// Why versioning is about trust, not fashion — URL vs header vs “no versioning,” what it really costs to maintain multiple versions, and a practical default that most teams can ship without regret.

[Jan 5, 2026]· 5 min read

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