Accelerated Product Development through Smart API (Stack) DesignChase LeeCo-founder + CTO @Fetchnotes

This talk is very opinionated

Your mileage may vary

Entrepreneur, Student, Schatz

Fetchnotes, your mind's best friend

Lots of clients in a (post-)PC world to support

Less is more

Lots of backend, some middleware, lots of clients

EmailQeuesCacheDatabaseMessaging

Little backend, no middleware, lots of clients

EmailQeuesCacheDatabaseMessaging

REST API

Little backend, no middleware, streamlined clients

EmailQeuesCacheDatabaseMessaging

REST API

Facebook's apps were a Facebook problem, not an HTML5 problem

Don't crowd the wire while users are playing (do updates in the background)

Old Facebook

The rest of us

The Fetchnotes REST API

Your teammates are your customers

Keep it simple (one format)

Did you know this was JSON's symbol?

Build your API for the world

Backwards Compatibility

Track and expose as much data as you can

Capture as much functionality/magic as possible

Don't be a REST purist for the sake of being a purist (be pragmatic)

Thanks!