Features
How to Trace a Webhook From Sender to Handler in Production
Follow webhooks past HTTP 200 to see if the business outcome actually happened.
Damon Larkin
· 8 min read
Saas Backend Review
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What Webhooks Are and Why They Fail in Production
Design webhooks with retries, idempotency, and durable queues to prevent production failures.
Damon Larkin8 min read
Features
How to Diagnose Silent Billing Failures From Dropped Webhooks
Diagnose missing payments by checking signature verification, idempotency, and event routing.
Rhys Byrne9 min read
Features
Microservices Patterns That Break Down at SaaS Scale
Keep service boundaries aligned with stable product boundaries, not premature scaling hunches.
Alma Trevino8 min read
Features
How Claude Uses MCP Tools to Call SaaS Backend APIs
Claude translates user intent into structured API calls through a stateless protocol contract.
Nour Ferro8 min read
Features
Merchant of Record vs Payment Processor
Choosing between them determines who owes taxes, handles chargebacks, and faces compliance risk.
Damon Larkin8 min read
Features
Microservices vs Monolith for SaaS Backends
Microservices make sense only when your team faces a specific constraint worth solving.
Alma Trevino8 min read
Features
Monitoring and Replaying Webhooks in Platform-Scale SaaS
Webhooks at scale demand durable storage, idempotency, and replay—not just working endpoints.
Damon Larkin9 min read
AI Agent Infrastructure for SaaS
Least-Privilege Access Patterns for AI Agents Across SaaS Tenants
Agents need per-identity credentials and database-level tenant enforcement, not just role limits.
Alma Trevino8 min read
Features
OSS Scheme vs Local VAT Registration for SaaS Subscription Revenue
OSS simplifies EU VAT for SaaS, but your customer mix determines if it's enough.
Damon Larkin9 min read
Features
MCP vs LangChain for SaaS Backend Tool Integration
MCP standardizes tool access while LangChain orchestrates reasoning—each solves a different problem.
Alma Trevino9 min read
Features
How AI Agents Should Request Tenant-Scoped Permissions
Bind agent actions to tenant, user, and task scope through token narrowing and runtime checks.
Nour Ferro8 min read
