Phil Leggetter
@leggetter.co.uk
Empathetic human. Developer Experience and Developer Relations. Web Engineer.
🏡 https://leggetter.co.uk
💼 https://hookdeck.com / @hookdeck.com
🏡 https://leggetter.co.uk
💼 https://hookdeck.com / @hookdeck.com
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Excited to share that @fmvilas.me (creator of AsyncAPI) has joined Hookdeck as VP & GM of Outpost.
He's leading our mission to standardize event delivery infrastructure through open source and the Event Destinations standard.
hookdeck.com/blog/fran-m...
He's leading our mission to standardize event delivery infrastructure through open source and the Event Destinations standard.
hookdeck.com/blog/fran-m...
Fran Méndez Joins Hookdeck to Build the Future of Event-Driven Architecture
Fran Méndez announces he has joined Hookdeck as VP & General Manager of Outpost and shares his vision for an event-driven world.
hookdeck.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Excited to share that @fmvilas.me (creator of AsyncAPI) has joined Hookdeck as VP & GM of Outpost.
He's leading our mission to standardize event delivery infrastructure through open source and the Event Destinations standard.
hookdeck.com/blog/fran-m...
He's leading our mission to standardize event delivery infrastructure through open source and the Event Destinations standard.
hookdeck.com/blog/fran-m...
You can now see Shopify webhook latency in real time.
No signup. Live numbers. Webhook or Email alerts when things go sideways.
🔗 hookdeck.com/radar/shopify
No signup. Live numbers. Webhook or Email alerts when things go sideways.
🔗 hookdeck.com/radar/shopify
Track Shopify Webhook Latency in Real-time - Hookdeck Radar
Stay up-to-date on Shopify webhook performance using Hookdeck's aggregated data from thousands of Shopify app developers and stores.
hookdeck.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
You can now see Shopify webhook latency in real time.
No signup. Live numbers. Webhook or Email alerts when things go sideways.
🔗 hookdeck.com/radar/shopify
No signup. Live numbers. Webhook or Email alerts when things go sideways.
🔗 hookdeck.com/radar/shopify
. @doerrfeldbill.bsky.social kicking off #platformsummit25
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
. @doerrfeldbill.bsky.social kicking off #platformsummit25
Turns out that Wally was an engineer working on event-driven systems in Spain.
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Turns out that Wally was an engineer working on event-driven systems in Spain.
Our local Heron by the burn in Dollar.
October 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Our local Heron by the burn in Dollar.
Been hands-on with Verdent for a few weeks in early access.
Already smoother than I’ve had with Roo Code + Gemini/Claude.
Two highlights:
1️⃣ Better overall plan flow
2️⃣ Parallel agents + isolated git worktrees via desktop app
Access now open → www.verdent.ai
Already smoother than I’ve had with Roo Code + Gemini/Claude.
Two highlights:
1️⃣ Better overall plan flow
2️⃣ Parallel agents + isolated git worktrees via desktop app
Access now open → www.verdent.ai
Verdent AI｜Agentic Coding with Multiple Parallel Agents
Agentic coding suite that combines multiple agent system with AI code review and AI agent orchestration
www.verdent.ai
September 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Been hands-on with Verdent for a few weeks in early access.
Already smoother than I’ve had with Roo Code + Gemini/Claude.
Two highlights:
1️⃣ Better overall plan flow
2️⃣ Parallel agents + isolated git worktrees via desktop app
Access now open → www.verdent.ai
Already smoother than I’ve had with Roo Code + Gemini/Claude.
Two highlights:
1️⃣ Better overall plan flow
2️⃣ Parallel agents + isolated git worktrees via desktop app
Access now open → www.verdent.ai
Reposted by Phil Leggetter
Housekeeping will appreciate that. They've only just finished mopping down and repainting after the last guest
September 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Housekeeping will appreciate that. They've only just finished mopping down and repainting after the last guest
Pleased to say that I made it through the night 👹
September 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Pleased to say that I made it through the night 👹
A few recent DX LLM-focused updates we've shipped on the Hookdeck docs...
August 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A few recent DX LLM-focused updates we've shipped on the Hookdeck docs...
Reposted by Phil Leggetter
See the blog for examples: hookdeck.com/blog/transf...
July 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
See the blog for examples: hookdeck.com/blog/transf...
Reposted by Phil Leggetter
The Hookdeck Event Gateway allows full control over transformation and filter order in your event pipeline.
Options include:
→ Filter or transform first
→ Cleanup data pre-delivery
→ Deliver only essential data
Available via dashboard UI and API.
Options include:
→ Filter or transform first
→ Cleanup data pre-delivery
→ Deliver only essential data
Available via dashboard UI and API.
July 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Hookdeck Event Gateway allows full control over transformation and filter order in your event pipeline.
Options include:
→ Filter or transform first
→ Cleanup data pre-delivery
→ Deliver only essential data
Available via dashboard UI and API.
Options include:
→ Filter or transform first
→ Cleanup data pre-delivery
→ Deliver only essential data
Available via dashboard UI and API.
Do I get any points for the t-shirt I wore during my recent Stripe Developers London Meetup talk?
Does anyone recognize it?
Does anyone recognize it?
July 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Do I get any points for the t-shirt I wore during my recent Stripe Developers London Meetup talk?
Does anyone recognize it?
Does anyone recognize it?
The #Stripe London meetup last night was packed. Over 100 devs, two strong technical talks, and plenty of great questions.
Write-up of my talk in the thread 👇
Write-up of my talk in the thread 👇
July 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The #Stripe London meetup last night was packed. Over 100 devs, two strong technical talks, and plenty of great questions.
Write-up of my talk in the thread 👇
Write-up of my talk in the thread 👇
Excited to be speaking at the Stripe London meetup next Tuesday!
I’ll be covering best practices for scaling webhook infrastructure and how Hookdeck helps solve the hard parts.
I’ll be covering best practices for scaling webhook infrastructure and how Hookdeck helps solve the hard parts.
July 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Excited to be speaking at the Stripe London meetup next Tuesday!
I’ll be covering best practices for scaling webhook infrastructure and how Hookdeck helps solve the hard parts.
I’ll be covering best practices for scaling webhook infrastructure and how Hookdeck helps solve the hard parts.
🚀 My guest post for #Stripe Dot Dev is live!
How to stay within API rate limits without dropping events - using a "fetch-before-process" pattern for Stripe webhooks.
📖 Dive in: stripe.dev/blog/stay-wi...
How to stay within API rate limits without dropping events - using a "fetch-before-process" pattern for Stripe webhooks.
📖 Dive in: stripe.dev/blog/stay-wi...
Stay within limits: API rate-limit-friendly pattern for Stripe webhooks
Learn how to build a resilient, rate-limit-friendly system for handling Stripe webhooks at scale. This guide explains the fetch-before-process pattern, its risks under high volume, and how to use Hook...
stripe.dev
July 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🚀 My guest post for #Stripe Dot Dev is live!
How to stay within API rate limits without dropping events - using a "fetch-before-process" pattern for Stripe webhooks.
📖 Dive in: stripe.dev/blog/stay-wi...
How to stay within API rate limits without dropping events - using a "fetch-before-process" pattern for Stripe webhooks.
📖 Dive in: stripe.dev/blog/stay-wi...
Reposted by Phil Leggetter
Ever deployed a feature to production by accident? 😱 This guide shows how to use Hookdeck projects to keep dev, staging, and prod environments rock-solid and isolated. No more unexpected surprises! hookdeck.com/guides/how-... #DevOps
June 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ever deployed a feature to production by accident? 😱 This guide shows how to use Hookdeck projects to keep dev, staging, and prod environments rock-solid and isolated. No more unexpected surprises! hookdeck.com/guides/how-... #DevOps
"Reliable #Webhooks with Hookdeck" - #Stripe Dev Office Hours.
Set a reminder for tomorrow at 17:00 UTC/13:00 ET/10:00 PT.
Available on:
📺 YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3A...
💼 LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/events/reli...
Set a reminder for tomorrow at 17:00 UTC/13:00 ET/10:00 PT.
Available on:
📺 YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3A...
💼 LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/events/reli...
Reliable Webhooks with Hookdeck | LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Phil Leggetter
Outpost v0.2.0 is here!
- Publish response now includes event ID; status changed from 200 → 202 (breaking)
- Tenant responses updated for 200 or 201
- No need for destination config on Hookdeck creation
- New Go, TypeScript, Python SDKs
- New SDK docs and examples
- Publish response now includes event ID; status changed from 200 → 202 (breaking)
- Tenant responses updated for 200 or 201
- No need for destination config on Hookdeck creation
- New Go, TypeScript, Python SDKs
- New SDK docs and examples
May 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Outpost v0.2.0 is here!
- Publish response now includes event ID; status changed from 200 → 202 (breaking)
- Tenant responses updated for 200 or 201
- No need for destination config on Hookdeck creation
- New Go, TypeScript, Python SDKs
- New SDK docs and examples
- Publish response now includes event ID; status changed from 200 → 202 (breaking)
- Tenant responses updated for 200 or 201
- No need for destination config on Hookdeck creation
- New Go, TypeScript, Python SDKs
- New SDK docs and examples
Reposted by Phil Leggetter
Webhooks are everywhere — but they're fragile and inconsistent. I spoke with @leggetter.co.uk from @hookdeck.com about Event Destinations, a new initiative to modernize event delivery. More on @nordicapis.bsky.social. nordicapis.com/event-destin...
Event Destinations: A Better Way to Deliver Webhooks | Nordic APIs |
Event Destinations offers a better developer experience for webhooks by rethinking how events are routed and consumed.
nordicapis.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Webhooks are everywhere — but they're fragile and inconsistent. I spoke with @leggetter.co.uk from @hookdeck.com about Event Destinations, a new initiative to modernize event delivery. More on @nordicapis.bsky.social. nordicapis.com/event-destin...
Celebrating the end of #apidaysnyc with a beer ON the Hudson River.
May 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Celebrating the end of #apidaysnyc with a beer ON the Hudson River.
#apidaysnyc day 2. I'm starting (a little late) with @swiber.dev: Why MCP needs APIs (and vice versa)
May 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#apidaysnyc day 2. I'm starting (a little late) with @swiber.dev: Why MCP needs APIs (and vice versa)
Slides and resources from my talk at #apidaysnyc, Beyond webhooks: the future of scalable API event delivery
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#apidays
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#apidays
Beyond Webhooks: The Future of Scalable API Event Delivery by Phil Leggetter
Since Jeff Lindsay introduced webhooks in 2007, they’ve become the default mechanism for delivering API platform events to consuming applications. But as adoption has surged and event-driven systems h...
noti.st
May 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Slides and resources from my talk at #apidaysnyc, Beyond webhooks: the future of scalable API event delivery
noti.st/leggetter/PB...
#apidays
noti.st/leggetter/PB...
#apidays
I enjoyed sitting down with Michael on this one. Very insightful.
If you have an outbound events story I'd love to speak with you and help share it.
Are you at #apidaysnyc? Please give me a shout.
If you have an outbound events story I'd love to speak with you and help share it.
Are you at #apidaysnyc? Please give me a shout.
Creating scalable, reliable outbound webhook infrastructure is tough. We're launching interviews with senior engineers to explore their strategies.
First up: Michael Woodward from paddle.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r1...
First up: Michael Woodward from paddle.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r1...
How Paddle Scales Webhook Delivery: Architecture, Retries, and Real-World Challenges
Welcome to Event Delivery Challenges at Scale — a series where Phil Leggetter speaks with engineering leaders about the real-world challenges of delivering e...
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I enjoyed sitting down with Michael on this one. Very insightful.
If you have an outbound events story I'd love to speak with you and help share it.
Are you at #apidaysnyc? Please give me a shout.
If you have an outbound events story I'd love to speak with you and help share it.
Are you at #apidaysnyc? Please give me a shout.
