#design
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API-First
/eɪ piː aɪ fɜːrst/adjective
Automatischer Uebersetzungsentwurf (German) for "API-First": A design philosophy where the API contract is defined and agreed upon before any implementation begins. API-first teams treat the API as the product — writing the specification first (e.g., in OpenAPI), getting feedback from consumers, then building both client and server simultaneously against the agreed contract.
“Beispielentwurf: Their API-first approach meant the mobile app team could start building against the spec before the backend was done.”