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Unpopular opinion: DIY integrations are better than iPaaS for small shops

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Hey everyone, new here! I'm a junior dev trying to get my AWS and Terraform skills solid. Mostly working on small internal tools right now.

I've been reading about integration platforms (iPaaS), but for our tiny team, I keep thinking: why not just build integrations with Lambda and a bit of Terraform? It feels simpler to understand and control. For example, syncing data from a form to a spreadsheet:

```hcl
resource "aws_lambda_function" "form_submission_sync" {
filename = "sync_function.zip"
function_name = "form_sync"
role = aws_iam_role.lambda_exec.arn
handler = "index.handler"
runtime = "nodejs18.x"
}
```

It's probably less "scalable" but I can debug it myself. Anyone else feel this way, or am I missing something huge? 😅



   
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