APIs are great for growth, allowing teams to build and ship features at a remarkable pace. Your business most likely thrives on APIs. They are bridges connecting your services, and the very language your applications use to deliver unique value to customers. But this velocity often comes with a hidden and tangled shadow — a growing complexity that quietly undermines the very innovation it was meant to support.
For years, the conversation around this complexity, or API sprawl, felt contained within engineering teams. It was often discussed…
