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A guide to building an Oracle NetSuite integration

How to streamline and simplify your build when working with the NetSuite API. Oracle NetSuite covers a large swath of small businesses around the world, serving…

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How to build an integration with the QuickBooks Desktop API

7 insider tips to make your QuickBooks Desktop integration build faster, easier, and more scalable Though it often plays second fiddle to its online counterpart, QuickBooks…

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5 things you need to know before you integrate with the Xero API

Expert engineers share their top insights to help you understand Xero’s API, avoid common pitfalls, and optimize your build. Xero is often one of the first…

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5 things you need to know before you integrate with the QuickBooks Online API

Tips for building an integration with the QuickBooks Online API that the docs don’t tell you—from one of the Engineers who built ours. While the SMB…

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Building Categories: A deeper dive into the technical implementation

Not long ago, we launched Categories, a feature that uses AI and machine learning techniques to instantly map accounting information to a standard chart of accounts. As…

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Accounting fundamentals: principles for developers

Whether you’re building an integrated lending product or an auto-reconciliation feature for your SMB customers, here are the accounting terms you should know. Building and maintaining…

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Edge cases and scenarios: The bear trap

What you need to know about edge cases when it comes to small business data. When building integrations, there’s a long list of ever changing differences…

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The evolution of the Codat tech stack

Under the hood of Codat with Jason Dryhurst-Smith, Head of Engineering. At Codat, our philosophy of keeping things simple and relying on ‘boring technology’ has meant…

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The engineering philosophy enabling us to scale at speed

Find out about the simple philosophy guiding our engineering decisions and how it enables us to rapidly release features that directly benefit our clients. Codat follows…

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A guide to building an Oracle NetSuite integration

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How to build an integration with the QuickBooks De...

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5 things you need to know before you integrate with the Xero API

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5 things you need to know before you integrate with the QuickBooks Online A...

Engineering

Building Categories: A deeper dive into the technical implementation

Engineering

Accounting fundamentals: principles for developers

Engineering

Edge cases and scenarios: The bear trap

Engineering

The evolution of the Codat tech stack

Engineering

The engineering philosophy enabling us to scale at speed

A guide to building an Oracle NetSuite integration

How to build an integration with the QuickBooks Desktop API

5 things you need to know before you integrate with the Xero API

5 things you need to know before you integrate with the QuickBooks Online API

Building Categories: A deeper dive into the technical implementation

Accounting fundamentals: principles for developers

Edge cases and scenarios: The bear trap

The evolution of the Codat tech stack

The engineering philosophy enabling us to scale at speed

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