𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗰 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗠𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

I recently spent weeks building what I 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 would be a straightforward two‑way Google Calendar sync for a recurring event. I’d done plenty of Calendar automations before, so how hard could it be? Well… cue the midnight surprise: a subtle mismatch in how the two platforms handle recurrence rules triggered an 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁‐𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗽.

I woke up to hundreds of duplicate invites (thankfully in a test calendar) but still a solid reminder that “simple” isn’t always simple.

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:

• 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀. Give every integration a safe playground before it touches production.

• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 > 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. We shipped a functional 80 % solution, documented the quirks, and scheduled iteration sprints instead of chasing theoretical “flawless.”

• 𝗥𝘂𝗻 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. Write down what went wrong, why it happened, and what you might have done different. (Future you will thank you)

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀: What’s the last project that looked easy but taught you a humbling lesson?

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