Let's Make Extending API Formats Safe and Easy

It turns out, there's a pretty easy and very safe way to support API stability and change over time.

One of the common challenges in creating long-lasting, stable APIs is designing them in a way that supports easily updating them with new fields, modified responses, and other details. Getting the API design right the first time is extremely unlikely. On the flip side, getting requests to modify an existing API design is almost inevitable.

So how do we …