Developing internal standards for APIs feat. Stève Sfartz, Principal Architect at Cisco

API Intersection

When Stève Sfartz joined Cisco’s DevNet after decades of experience in technical programs management, enterprise transformation, and software architecture, he was skeptical about the value of establishing standards and scoring for API developers.

Today, he is a passionate advocate of the value and long-term benefits to be gained from building not one- but two-level standards to ensure consistency, enhance API value, and optimize developer community experience.

In this episode, Stève explains how cloud computing changed the landscape of API development by breaking traditional silos and forcing developers to think in terms of sustainable project and industry growth instead of remaining focused on a single API project.

He also shares insight into both the long-term benefits of establishing internal development standards and scoring as well as some tips on what to measure and how to measure it.

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