Really like the suggestion to create the use cases in pseudocode first. I think this goes hand-in-hand with the docs-first approach -- writing an API Blueprint

Really like the suggestion to create the use cases in pseudocode first. I think this goes hand-in-hand with the docs-first approach -- writing an API Blueprint or Postman format that can be used to mock an API before actual implementation. This has helped my team in the past. Great article, I'll be adding in these tips as I write out my next API in the coming weeks.