The complexity of software applications has grown by leaps and bounds over the years. This has led to a rise in the number of interfaces between various systems, resulting in an ever-growing API footprint. While APIs have revolutionized the connectivity between systems, the explosion of integrations between clients and servers often leads to maintenance problems. Even minor backend changes take more implementation time since developers must analyze and test more. Despite all the effort, there are still high chances that issues creep into the application.

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