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BreakWatch tracks API changelogs to catch breaking changes before production breaks
Solo developer Karlo Perini is building BreakWatch, a tool that monitors public API changelogs and alerts users to breaking changes. It scrapes pages daily, diffs them against previous versions, and classifies changes as breaking or informational. Perini is testing with ten major APIs including Stripe, OpenAI, and GitHub, and has opened a waitlist at breakwatch.dev.
Meridian48 take
The tool addresses a real pain point for developers reliant on third-party APIs, but its viability hinges on whether vendor changelog emails suffice and if the $29/month price point sticks.
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I keep finding out about API breaking changes from production errors, so I'm building a changelog watcher →
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