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Self-Maintaining APIs
- API communication is expected to remain disrupted due to consistent patterns of breaking changes, unnoticed feature launches, and unheeded change locks.
- Developers and enterprises are predicted to continue granting external tools code base access, a shift characterized as standard practice compared to being "unthinkable" two years ago.
- While infrastructure for automated code changes currently exists, the necessary application layer connecting API providers to customer code bases is identified as missing.
- A proposed solution involves API providers applying changes directly for customers rather than merely announcing them.
- Agentic coding tools are anticipated to automatically scan code bases for breaking changes or new features and open pull requests with fixes.
- This functionality is expected to operate via provider-specific agents, such as installing a dedicated update agent, or through neutral third-party services tracking changes across vendors.
- Individuals addressing this problem are advised to consider applying to YC.