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I used to treat webhooks like landmines — you never knew if a payload was going to break something at 2AM.
Retry loops, signature verification, timestamps, ordering, idempotency…
It felt messy.
And every provider did it slightly differently.
Then Something Shifted
I didn’t need every webhook pattern — I needed one reliable, reusable approach:
- Verify the signature
- Parse and validate the payload
- Handle events through a dispatcher
- Log and retry failure safely
- Idempotency first
- Respond fast
Once I built that foundation, webhooks became boring — in the best way.
So I Turned It Into Something Reusable
Now every webhook in my stack (Stripe, SendGrid, Lemon Squeezy, Liveblocks, etc.) follows the same base pattern.
That system is now part of Integrate API, because I figured if it saved me time, it would help other devs too.
Webhooks Shouldn’t Be Chaos
Once there’s a repeatable pattern — they're predictable.
If you want to see the approach in action:
👉 https://integrateapi.io
Curious — which webhook provider gave you the first “why is this failing locally but not in prod?” moment?
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by IntegrateAPI
IntegrateAPI | Sciencx (2025-11-25T02:54:30+00:00) I Used to Fear Webhooks. Now They’re the Most Predictable Part of My Apps.. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/11/25/i-used-to-fear-webhooks-now-theyre-the-most-predictable-part-of-my-apps/
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