Can a tool make API development process smooth
Is it even possible to streamline the API development process in a way where things are smooth and effortless in terms of design and development of an API?
I'm personally working on a project to bring it to practice. (https://github.com/hofstadter-io/hofmod-server)
There are other projects, OpenAPI is one, the protobuf / grpc ecosystem also has some tools.
In the end, you almost always need to write custom code and integrate with other (legacy) systems.