Webhooks, explained like you're not a developer 🛎️
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Webhooks, explained like you're not a developer 🛎️ Imagine ordering a pizza. You could call the shop every 2 minutes asking "is it ready yet?" Or they could just text you when it's out the door. That text is a webhook. Instead of your app asking another app over and over, the other app taps you on the shoulder the moment something happens. Two you've used without knowing it.. 1. Stripe Someone pays you. Stripe instantly pings your app with "payment succeeded" so it can unlock the order, send the receipt and update your dashboard. 2. GitHub You push new code. GitHub pings services like N
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