The API Lifecycle Consumed by third party products and fueled by iterative feedback and market validation, the web API product lifecycle can be more complex than typical SaaS offerings. We at Nordic APIs have boiled down the common API lifecycle into four main phases, helping goal an API practitioner stabilize their API against internal and external factors, encouraging small revisions or large pivoting to reach long-term project goals throughout analysis, development, operations, and retirement stages. LeanPub Kindle PDF MOBI EPUB Developing The API Mindset Securing The API Stronghold Latest Posts Behind ‘Cloud Native Data Security with OAuth’: Highlights from the Authors Judith Kahrer April 17, 2025 5 Ways to Secure Agentic Access to APIs Kristopher Sandoval April 16, 2025 ‘Cloud Native Data Security with OAuth’ Breaks Down Zero-Trust API Design J. Simpson April 15, 2025