How APIs Handle Schema Evolution Without Breaking Clients

In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the challenge of API schema evolution — how services like Stripe and GitHub manage to add fields, change types, and deprecate endpoints without breaking their millions of client integrations. They discuss real-world strategies including additive-only changes, deprecation headers, and the 'tolerant reader' pattern. The conversation covers specific examples like Stripe's API versioning with a sunset date header and GitHub's 'preview' headers for early access to new fields. Listeners will learn concrete techniques for evolving their own APIs safely, and why breaking changes are not just a technical problem but a trust contract with developers. #SchemaEvolution #APIDesign #BackwardCompatibility #Stripe #GitHub #DeveloperExperience #RESTAPI #GraphQL #DeprecationStrategy #TolerantReader #APIVersioning #SemanticVersioning #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #APIPodcast #WebAPIs #IntegrationPatterns Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo