The TL;DR
Webhooks are APIs, but backwards - they’re ways for applications to send data to other applications, automatically.
webhooks let applications send data around when important events happen, like a user signing up
Instead of APIs - which are passive - webhooks are active, which means you don’t need to constantly poll them for updates
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