Designing APIs for Developer Experience: What Makes SDKs a Joy to Use
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What Makes a Developer API Good? Stipe's API is consistently cited as one of the best in the industry. Twilio, Clerk, and Resend get similar praise. What do they have in common? It's not the features—it's the experience of using the features. Principle 1: Predictability Over Cleverness // Unpredictable: inconsistent response shapes const user = await api.users.get(id); // returns { data: User } const posts = await api.posts.list(); // returns User[] (no wrapper) /