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The Hidden Cost of “Just Integrate It Later”

In product conversations, there’s always that moment:

“We’ll just integrate Stripe later.”

Or SendGrid. Or OAuth. Or Supabase policies.

It sounds small — until you're the one doing it.

Integrations Aren’t “Later Work”

They affect:

  • Database permissions
  • Role-based UI logic
  • Onboarding flows
  • Environment setup
  • Local and production parity
  • Webhooks and retry logic

Push them late enough in the build and suddenly:

Architecture decisions need rewrites.


I Built Something to Change That

After hitting this wall enough times, I wanted a way to:

  • Drop in working integrations early
  • Move fast without paying the penalty later
  • Use proven Next.js patterns
  • Avoid re-reading 20 pages of docs "just to confirm"

That thinking became Integrate API — a toolkit to integrate SaaS/APIs fast and safely.


The Earlier You Integrate, the Cleaner the Architecture

Not because it’s hard — but because it touches everything.

If you’ve been burned by “we’ll do that later,” you know.

More here if you're curious:

👉 https://integrateapi.io

What’s the integration you always underestimate?

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