Developer mindset
It's important to know that you don't do marketing to developers.
The focus must be on:
- Describing the business context for your API
- Provide the details to get started
- Provide the specification for the API contract
- Operational aspects such as uptime monitoring, error logs, usage logs and alert systems
- Facilitate a community including the developers consuming the API, the team responsible for DevOps and their product owners
- Feature request process
- Transparency on product backlog items for future releases
- Release notes for updates