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A practical guide to idempotency keys in APIs: prevent duplicate charges and side effects, design storage correctly, handle concurrency races, and ship safely in production.
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API versioning is not just adding /v2 to a path. This practical guide shows how to evolve APIs safely with compatibility rules, deprecation workflows, and rollout checklists that protect clients.