I've become a little more cautious about integrations.
At first, connecting everything feels like progress.
CRM connected to email.
Email connected to forms.
Forms connected to spreadsheets.
Spreadsheets connected to something else.
Then suddenly there are 15 systems involved in one simple process.
I've done this enough to realize that more connections don't necessarily mean a better system.
Every connection adds another thing that can break.
Another API.
Another webhook.
Another credential.
Another place to debug when something stops working.
So I've started asking a different question:
What's the simplest path the information actually needs to take?
Sometimes that means using an existing integration instead of building one.
Sometimes it's a simple webhook.
Sometimes it's an n8n workflow.
And sometimes the answer is not connecting the systems at all.
I like automation.
But I'm increasingly convinced that good automation is often about removing unnecessary complexity, not adding more of it.