Chapter 105: Before Slack APIs—How 1995–1998 Web Scripting and CGI Invented Workplace Integrations
Slack’s API-era integrations didn’t appear out of nowhere. In 1995–1998, CGI scripts, HTML forms, early JavaScript, and intranet dashboards established the core patterns—requests, responses, automation triggers, and human-in-the-loop workflows—that later became familiar in Slack apps and webhooks.