app integration frustrations 2025-09-17T08:34:21Z

Rain lashed against my office window as panic clawed at my throat. My presentation deck had just corrupted itself 90 minutes before the biggest client pitch of my career, while simultaneously, my landlord's payment reminder flashed with angry red notifications. I frantically swiped through my bloated phone - cloud storage app, banking app, document editor - each demanding updates, logins, or simply freezing. That's when my thumb accidentally triggered the unified API gateway I'd ignored since in