--- title: Best Practices For Today’s API Platform Architect description: API platform architects play an enormous role in shaping their organization’s tools, data, and APIs. They don’t always have direct access to the code, though. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/best-practices-for-today-s-api-platform-architect-8gnxkwopo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Practices For Today’s API Platform Architect | daily.dev og:description: API platform architects play an enormous role in shaping their organization’s tools, data, and APIs. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@liquidvalx18** · 0 upvotes > good info --- Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#api-gateway](https://daily.dev/tags/api-gateway) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/best-practices-for-today-s-api-platform-architect-8gnxkwopo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Best Practices For Today’s API Platform Architect","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/best-practices-for-today-s-api-platform-architect-8gnxkwopo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/best-practices-for-today-s-api-platform-architect-8gnxkwopo"},"datePublished":"2022-11-24T14:03:08.816Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"API platform architects play an enormous role in shaping their organization’s tools, data, and APIs. 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