Webhooks explained with a pizza analogy: stop polling, get pinged
thisiskp_ · x · 2026-11-04
A concise explainer breaks down webhooks for non-developers: instead of your app repeatedly asking another app for updates (polling), the other app taps you the moment something happens — like the pizza shop texting you when your order ships, rather than you calling every 2 minutes.
Two everyday examples:
- Stripe: when someone pays, Stripe instantly pings your app with "payment succeeded" to unlock the order, send the receipt, and update the dashboard.
- GitHub: when you push code, GitHub pings services like Netlify, which builds and deploys your site automatically.
The takeaway: no checking, no waiting — just "hey, this happened."
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