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SaaS integrations require far more than initial API connections, including secure per-customer authentication and token refresh, scalable hosting, retry and rate-limit handling, logging, versioning, monitoring, and ongoing responses to partner API changes. Rebuilding these operational layers for every connector creates compounding maintenance, support, and on-call burdens that divert engineers from core product development, while failures such as expired credentials, duplicate records, and upstream schema changes quickly affect customers. AI coding tools can accelerate implementation but do not replace the long-term operational ownership needed to securely run, observe, and maintain integrations at scale. The passage recommends using shared or embedded integration infrastructure for common operational needs while retaining engineering control over integration-specific data mappings and custom logic, proactively monitoring partner changes, and treating integrations as products with clear ownership and lifecycle planning.