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Discussion on: Why Do You Need a Backend?

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John Wright • Edited

Yes! Postgrest 🔥, Hasura, Sanity.io, plain Postgres with plain node with plain graphql (super powerful combo with endless power). Firebase is amazing for scaffolding a real set of users immediately with its build in auth and you can combine it with options above easily to get the best of both worlds.

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K

lol, hidden power?

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John Wright

Yes doing things in super plain ways is hidden power because your ability to express a system goes unexpectedly way up. You say what you mean and that is good power.

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K

Yes, you're right.

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John Wright

Loved your post. I think a lot about those same things when I think about front end vs backend, nice to hear that others do too.

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K

Thanks!

I think, it's important to know why you need something, so I though, let's start with the question why you'd need a backend before you ask how it should look like.