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I always liked Rusty's list on making an API "hard to misuse" (and its followup): https://ozlabs.org/~rusty/index.cgi/tech/2008-03-30.html https://ozlabs.org/~

by cesarb 10y ago

I always liked Rusty's list on making an API "hard to misuse" (and its followup): https://ozlabs.org/~rusty/index.cgi/tech/2008-03-30.html https://ozlabs.org/~rusty/index.cgi/tech/2008-03-30.html https://ozlabs.org/~rusty/index.cgi/tech/2008-04-01.html https://ozlabs.org/~rusty/index.cgi/tech/2008-04-01.html

spankalee 10y ago
Came here to post Rusty's API Design Manifesto too :) This page is a more concise overview of the levels: http://sweng.the-davies.net/Home/rustys-api-design-manifesto http://sweng.the-davies.net/Home/rustys-api-design-manifesto