Custom Development
Jan 15, 2025•6 min read
Building Integrations That Don't Break
A practical guide to system integration patterns, error handling, and the decisions that determine whether your integrations help or hurt.
The Integration Nightmare
Data Silos
Customer data is in Salesforce, orders in Shopify, support in Zendesk. Nobody has the full picture.
Manual Entry
Someone copies data between systems every day. It's tedious, error-prone, and expensive.
Stale Data
By the time data syncs, it's already outdated. Decisions get made on yesterday's numbers.
Failed Syncs
Integrations break silently. You don't know until someone notices missing data weeks later.
Zapier Spaghetti
You have 200 Zaps, nobody knows what they all do, and you're terrified to touch any of them.
Vendor Lock-in
Your iPaaS solution is expensive and inflexible. Changing systems means rebuilding everything.
What We Build
01
Point-to-Point Integrations
Direct connections between two systems.
●API-to-API synchronization
●Real-time webhook handlers
●Batch import/export jobs
●File-based integrations (SFTP, S3)
●Legacy system connectors
●Custom protocol adapters
02
Data Pipelines
Complex flows across multiple systems.
●ETL/ELT pipelines
●Data transformation and mapping
●Multi-system orchestration
●Event-driven architecture
●Data validation and cleansing
●Historical data migration
03
Integration Platform
When you need enterprise scale.
●MuleSoft implementation
●Custom middleware solutions
●API gateway setup
●Message queue architecture
●Service mesh design
●iPaaS evaluation and migration
04
Monitoring & Reliability
Keep integrations running.
●Health checks and alerting
●Error handling and retry logic
●Dead letter queues
●Audit logging
●Performance monitoring
●Disaster recovery
Beyond Point-and-Click
| Zapier/iPaaS | Our Approach |
|---|---|
| Simple triggers only | Complex business logic |
| Expensive at scale | Predictable costs |
| Limited error handling | Robust recovery patterns |
| No visibility into failures | Full monitoring and alerting |
| Vendor lock-in | Own your infrastructure |
Best For
Teams and organizations who have:
→Multiple systems that need to stay in sync
→High volume data flows (10k+ records/day)
→Complex transformation requirements
→Strict data integrity needs
→Outgrown Zapier or similar tools
→Need for audit trails and compliance
Systems That Need Connecting?
Tell us about your integration challenges and we'll help you build a solution that actually works.
Start a Conversation→or email partner@greenfieldlabsai.com
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