dandevs

At Fern, we're creating the modern developer experience platform. We work with developer-focused companies to generate SDKs & API documentation. We're looking for a Founding Backend Engineer with 4+ years of experience to help us scale with our users. You'll join a small team (3 of us) and will be a product owner who designs, builds, and ships weekly.

Learn more at https://www.buildwithfern.com/careers Apply by emailing careers [at] buildwithfern.com with your resume/LinkedIn and why this opportunity interests you

REST APIs underpin the internet but are still painful to work with. They are often untyped, unstandardized, and out-of-sync across multiple sources of truth. With Fern, we aim to bring great developer experiences to REST APIs.

Our stack is Next.js + Vercel, Express (Node.js) + FastAPI (Python), Postgres DB + Prisma ORM, and AWS CDK. We're open source: https://www.github.com/fern-api/fern

We closed a Seed this year from top-tier US investors, including Y Combinator, Abhinav Asthana (Postman CEO), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox co-founder), and Ian McCrystal (Stripe's Head of Docs).

Learn more: https://www.buildwithfern.com/careers

I too am inspired by Stripe's API documentation. Specifically, I like that it:

1. shows the API reference alongside the requests and responses

2. gives code examples of how to use the client libraries (e.g. python, node.js, go, java)

3. is one, continuously scrolling page

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We built Fern Docs so that for $150/month you can get Stripe-like documentation. You can get started for free. Pay only when you need a custom domain (e.g. your-site.com/docs).

Examples of docs built with Fern:

- https://docs.joincandidhealth.com/api-reference/encounters

- https://api-docs.codecombat.com/api-reference/classrooms

Get started in less than 5 minutes: https://github.com/fern-api/docs-starter

You're right that four companies are going after SDK and Docs generation. After seeing enterprises like AWS, Stripe, Twilio, Palantir, Dropbox, and many more build codegen for REST APIs in-house, it seems like a no-brainer that they'll be a solution that serves the millions of developers out there working with REST APIs.

We're seeing a new category getting created before our eyes! I could see it being defined as "Developer Experience Infrastructure", "API Management", or "API Operations". Time will tell.

REST APIs underpin the internet but are still painful to work with. They are often untyped, unstandardized, and out-of-sync across multiple sources of truth. With Fern, we aim to bring great developer experiences to REST APIs.

Our stack is Next.js + Vercel, Express (Node.js) + FastAPI (Python), Postgres DB + Prisma ORM, and AWS CDK.

We closed a Seed this year from top-tier US investors, including Y Combinator, Abhinav Asthana (Postman CEO), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox co-founder), and Ian McCrystal (Stripe's Head of Docs).

Apply by emailing [email protected] Learn more: https://www.buildwithfern.com/careers

disclaimer: I'm a maintainer of Fern.