Usabl – Usability Testing for APIs

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Are you building an API that you're not sure if people actually know how to use? I'm working on a startup to help you get videos of real developers interacting with your API. Looking for an alpha customer, but feedback on the idea or positioning is also welcome.

The name looks like a typo or spelling error

Is the core idea I pay to get what is effectively a demo video by some dev? If I'm not happy with the result, do I still have to pay?

The name is a typo (cheaper domain name)! You do pay to get a video, but it's not a demo. To me, a demo is made by someone familiar with the product who knows how to make the product do something impressive. Videos from Usabl are more likely to include moments of confusion that will be useful inputs in deciding how to design the API surface.

So I would still expect you to pay if the dev struggles, unless the dev doesn't do a good job explaining why they are struggling.

See this link for an example with some highlights (1 minute): https://youtu.be/5o71pRZ-aMk

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