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What are integrations, and how do they work?

All about how apps talk to one another

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Justin
Jul 09, 2024
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The TL;DR

Integrations are how two pieces of software talk to each other and share data.

  • Interoperability is the name of the game today: people expect their apps to be able to talk to each other and share information

  • Behind the fancy UI, most apps are just data: and through their public APIs, can you read (and maybe even write to) that data

  • Building and mai…

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