API Design · Senior · Question 3 of 75
Why establish API governance (style guide, reviews, linting) in an organization with many teams?
- 1Because HTTP requires it
- ✓Correct answer: So APIs feel like one platform: consistent naming, errors, pagination and auth, which lowers integration cost for every consumer
- 3To slow teams down on purpose
Explanation
Automate what you can (Spectral rules, breaking-change checks) and keep human review for modeling decisions.