API Intersection

Jeff Schneider — lead of the Developer Advocate program at Asana — takes the open part of “open API” very seriously. As the mediator for developers who are using APIs to connect with the platform, he believes that getting feedback is key to improving their experience.

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Show Notes

As leader of the Developer Advocate program at work management platform Asana, Jeff Schneider takes the open part of “open API” very seriously.

Jeff acts as a mediator and translator for different developers who are building and using APIs to connect with Asana and personalize their experience. He believes getting feedback from each type of developer is key to improving their interactions with the platform. 

Asana categorizes developers into three categories: Third-party developers work for companies that need to create integrations with Asana; second-party developers are customers of Asana’s platform, who need to customize the service in some way with an API; first-party developers include people and teams inside Asana who are building APIs for the platform to suit their own needs. 

On this episode of API Intersection, Jeff explains Asana’s robust feedback process, why pre-COVID he met up with Asana customers in person, and how he got even the non-technical teams to love APIs.

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What is API Intersection?

Building a successful API requires more than just coding.

It starts with collaborative design, focuses on creating a great developer experience, and ends with getting your company on board, maintaining consistency, and maximizing your API’s profitability.

In the API Intersection, you’ll learn from experienced API practitioners who transformed their organizations, and get tangible advice to build quality APIs with collaborative API-first design.

Jason Harmon brings over a decade of industry-recognized REST API experience to discuss topics around API design, governance, identity/auth versioning, and more.

They’ll answer listener questions, and discuss best practices on API design (definition, modeling, grammar), Governance (multi-team design, reviewing new API’s), Platform Transformation (culture, internal education, versioning) and more.

They’ll also chat with experienced API practitioners from a wide array of industries to draw out practical takeaways and insights you can use.

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