Webhooks explained with a pizza analogy: Stripe and GitHub examples
thisiskp_ · x · 2026-11-04
@thisiskp explains webhooks for non-developers: instead of your app polling another app repeatedly, the other app taps you the moment something happens — like getting a text when your pizza leaves the shop. Two everyday examples: Stripe pinging your app with "payment succeeded" to unlock orders and send receipts, and GitHub pinging Netlify on push so your site builds and deploys automatically. The core idea is polling vs event-driven push.
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