API Development - Not Engaging Early Enough

I was reading a blog from Nordic APIs - 5 Frequent Developer Community Mistakes (And How to Fix Them).

I could relate quite closely to one of the mistakes - Not Engaging Early Enough.

Many of us make this mistake frequently. We thought we have a great API to launch, but we actually do not really know what the market is looking for!

A new development process is suggested:

• Idea : Generate initial tech design documents. 
• Think: Add some context to those documents, make them more digestible, explain motivation, come up with NDAs. 
• Explore: Send to a small subset of developers for feedback. 

THEN

• Build
• Launch
• Tweak

Great reminder!

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