Integrations, Integrations, Integrations… and why they matter

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Integrations, Integrations, Integrations… and why they matter

As the second post in #buildinpublic, I'm sharing insights from our team at Infinitcode.ai about why integrations matter.

Why integrations matter

Software teams typically use multiple tools in their day-to-day work. This can get messy quickly because developers need to focus on productivity rather than getting distracted by constantly switching between tools.

Developers are simple creatures: they hate bureaucracy and love simplicity.

A few tools they use daily (from my personal experience) include:

Email
Git (GitHub, GitLab...)
Communication tools (Slack, Discord ❤️)

To keep everyone aligned, you need to communicate through these channels.

Here's why you should integrate them:

Interconnect tools
Sync communications in one place

Interconnect tools

Connecting tools takes effort initially, but once you establish a solid pipeline, everything falls into place.

Sync communications in one place

A bug in production?

A new release?

A successful code review?

These questions demand immediate answers. What if there's a breaking change in production? Your team must be aligned to act ASAP.

A new release? Alignment on company goals and achievements becomes critical.

A passed review? Developers need real-time visibility into their code's progression: dev → staging → production.

How we did it

At InfinitCode.ai, we've launched a feature that lets you connect communication tools like Discord and Slack to receive PR reviews and code change notifications in one place.

While our AI agent handles initial reviews (followed by senior developers), you can focus on other tasks and simply monitor your communication tools.

For example, connecting Discord is straightforward: