#DX#DeveloperPortals#APIs#APIDocumentation#InformationArchitecture#TechnicalWriting: "An out-of-the-box developer portal can speed up your go-to-market. But after a quick launch, a developer portal that cannot be customized can become a roadblock to the long-term success of your API program. As the API portfolio grows and matures, your strategy will probably change and require more specific business experiences. In this case, a preset solution may no longer suit all the desired goals, and retooling might become necessary.
The Codat Docs team went through such a journey: they wanted to have more flexibility and control over their docs, and they built their own custom solution. Now, their documentation site is more resilient. With the help of the new landscape, large-scale changes can be managed on over three hundred pages of content without interrupting the existing user experience.
To mention another example, the Monite API Developer Portal uses a robust content management system that is exclusively tailored for developer documentation. The comprehensive resource was designed to provide an end-to-end self-service experience to developers.
The ability to extend and customize your developer portal plays a crucial role in executing on the API business strategy."
