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Webhooks Are Harder Than They Seem

At first glance, webhooks seem simple. But there is more than meets the eye.

Without this observability developers are flying blind, and are unable to effectively debug webhook delivery which is very important in both the initial implementation and on an ongoing basis. Though related to that, is building a self-serve UI for your customers to be able to register webhooks, trigger test events, rotate secrets, and the likes. From reliability and security to scalability and developer experience, building a production-worthy webhook system takes more time and work than people initially account for.

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