I Built an API That Writes Your Daily Standups For You

Mihai Lita — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:39:12 +0000

The Problem

We've all been there. It's 9:15 AM. The standup starts. Your brain hasn't.

"What did you do yesterday?"

I... existed? I definitely had my laptop open.

"What are you doing today?"

The same thing I said yesterday. And the day before that.

"Any blockers?"

My will to attend this meeting.

So I did what any reasonable developer would do: I built an API for it.

Introducing: Standup-as-a-Service 🎤

A free REST API that generates realistic, funny, and sometimes hilariously corporate developer standup updates.

GET https://standup-as-a-service.vercel.app/standup

{
  "yesterday": "Mass-reviewed 47 PRs. Approved all of them. Don't ask me what they do.",
  "today": "Planning to finally fix that 'temporary' workaround from 2019.",
  "blockers": "The CI pipeline has been broken since before I joined."
}

Filter By Role, Mood, and Vibe

The API supports query parameters so you can generate standups that match your exact situation:

The burned-out DevOps engineer:

GET /standup?role=devops&mood=burned-out

The corporate manager:

GET /standup?role=manager&vibe=corporate

The lying intern:

GET /standup?role=intern&mood=lying

Available Filters:

Parameter	Options
`role`	`frontend`, `backend`, `devops`, `fullstack`, `data`, `mobile`, `manager`, `intern`
`mood`	`motivated`, `burned-out`, `lying`, `overachiever`, `first-day`, `last-day`, `passive-aggressive`
`vibe`	`startup`, `corporate`, `remote`, `chaotic`, `agile-cult`

How I Built It

Stack: Node.js + Express, deployed on Vercel's free tier.

The architecture is dead simple:

210 hand-curated standup templates stored in JSON files
Each template is tagged with applicable roles, moods, and vibes
The API filters and randomly picks one from each category
Rate limited at 120 requests/minute per IP

No AI, no database, no sign-up required. Just GET /standup and go.

Contributing Is Easy

The best part: adding new standups is as simple as editing a JSON file:

{
  "text": "Your hilarious standup message here",
  "roles": ["backend", "devops"],
  "vibes": ["chaotic"],
  "moods": ["burned-out"]
}

Open a PR — that's it!

Try It Now

🔗 API: https://standup-as-a-service.vercel.app/standup

📦 GitHub: https://github.com/atryx/standup-as-a-service

If this saves you from one awkward standup silence, my work here is done.

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