Define which system owns each fact
Integration becomes dangerous when two systems can both change the same status without a clear authority. A source-of-truth map defines ownership, permitted updates and how conflicts are resolved.
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Systems integration connects applications, databases and external services so information and workflow can move reliably between them. Altari treats retries, duplicate events, reconciliation, source authority and failure recovery as first-class engineering requirements.
Integration becomes dangerous when two systems can both change the same status without a clear authority. A source-of-truth map defines ownership, permitted updates and how conflicts are resolved.
External APIs time out, return duplicate events and change behaviour. Idempotent operations, bounded retries, durable queues and visible exception states prevent a transient fault becoming silent data corruption.
A successful integration considers what people need to do when information arrives late, validation fails or the remote system is unavailable. Operational recovery belongs in the user experience.
Start with the operation