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REST API Design 2026: The Rules I Actually Keep on Real Backends

REST API design rules I still lean on in 2026: versioning, naming, pagination, errors, idempotency. Real Go code, plus the rituals I quietly skip.

Rayyan | July 2, 2026 | 9 min

Backend

gRPC vs REST in 2026: I Decide by Who Calls the Service

gRPC vs REST in 2026, decided by who calls your service and how often. Real Go and proto code, where each one wins, and the…

Rayyan | June 21, 2026 | 8 min

Backend

API Design Best Practices: The Defaults I Argue For Now

The API design defaults I argue for at project kickoff: noun-based URLs, honest HTTP status codes, RFC 9457 error shapes, real pagination, and versioning.

Rayyan | May 25, 2026 | 7 min

Programming

API design best practices I keep going back to

After designing and consuming dozens of REST APIs, these are the rules that resolve the most arguments and save the most debugging time — with…

Rayyan | April 20, 2026 | 7 min