Transition from code-first to design-first: growing the API program at SAS

API Resilience

SAS is a leading business analytics software company, and also the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market.

In this episode Jeannie Hawrysz (Lead API Architect and Manager of API and Developer Program Enablement) talked about their team efforts to set new standards for their API program during the time of pandemia.

She explained how they organized internal workshops with their UX/design and product management teams to help outline a design-first based workflow. These efforts eventually led to an internal “cultural revolution” and concluded in an API lifecycle that is driven by API governance principles and a product mindset.

In the podcast Jeannie talked about the challenges of simultaneously catering to diverse personas like data scientists and business decision makers. She also described why and how they started to redesign SAS' developer portal and how low- and no-code solutions might shape their API program in the future.

The hosts are Kristof Van Tomme and Mark Winberry.