Breaking Change Impact Tracker for API-First Companies
Why This is an Opportunity
API changelogs are fundamentally different from product changelogs because they have technical consumers who need structured, filterable information rather than prose. The current process is broken because a partner using 3 out of 200 endpoints has to read the entire changelog to find what matters. The solution: a simple web app where API teams create changelog entries tagged with endpoint paths and semver ranges, and external consumers register which endpoints they depend on. When a new entry is published, affected consumers get an email via Resend. Basic CRUD with tagging and simple email filtering logic.
Key Pain Points
- •Partner developers waste time reading entire API changelogs to find the 2-3 entries that affect their integration
- •Breaking changes get buried in long release notes and partners miss critical deprecation deadlines
- •No structured way to tag changelog entries with specific affected API endpoints or resources
- •Support teams field repetitive questions from partners asking 'does this release affect my integration?'
- •Deprecation timelines are scattered across changelog prose, migration guides, and email announcements with no single source of truth
Original Discovery
When an API-first company ships a new version, the changelog isn't just informational — it's operational. Downstream consumers need to know exactly which breaking changes affect them. Today, API teams dump a flat list of changes into a markdown file, and partner developers have to manually scan for endpoints they use. A tool that lets API teams tag changelog entries with affected endpoints, versions, and deprecation timelines — and lets consumers subscribe to only the endpoints they care about — turns a passive document into an actionable notification system.
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