Focus on Deep Integrations and Flexible Configurations

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The approach being taken is focused on helping users build deep and flexible integrations through a configuration-based, declarative approach. Users define data sources, APIs, objects, fields, and configuration options in a YAML manifest file. Ampersand orchestrates the interactions based on this file, providing embeddable UI components for customers to set up and manage their integrations. The emphasis is on unifying interaction patterns, rather than standardizing data schemas.

A common challenge for developers of SaaS products is integrating with existing services, including services that customers might already be using. For example, a SaaS product might need to integrate with customers using Salesforce, HubSpot, or another CRM system. However, this can be demanding for developers when 3rd party APIs are poorly documented or inconsistent.

Lauren Long is a co-founder at Ampersand which is a developer platform for SaaS integrations. She joins the show to talk about smoothing out API connectivity to make SaaS interoperable.

Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from information visualization to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is Head of Marketing and Developer Relations at Skyflow and host of the podcast Partially Redacted, a podcast about privacy and security engineering. You can connect with Sean on Twitter @seanfalconer.