Asynchronous Integration

Work that outlives the request, and systems that talk without waiting.

4 concepts · 170 minutes

• WebhooksInverting the call — they tell you when something happened instead of you asking forever.
• WebSocketsA connection that stays open both ways — real-time, at the cost of statefulness.
• Message QueuesHand the work to someone else and answer now — the backbone of every responsive backend.
• Background JobsRetries, backoff, dead-letter queues — what happens after you say 202 Accepted.