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Stop Rewriting Backend Foundations: Introducing RapidKit

We’ve All Been Here

You start a new backend project.

Not the first one. Not the tenth one either.

And before you write a single line of business logic, you’re already doing the same things again:

  • Setting up project structure
  • Choosing (again) how to organize layers and modules
  • Wiring authentication, configs, logging
  • Creating Docker files, environments, CI configs
  • Debating architecture decisions you’ve already solved before

None of this is new.
None of this moves the product forward.

Yet it happens every single time.


Backend Projects Rarely Fail Because of Features

They fail because the foundation is rushed, inconsistent, or impossible to scale.

Different projects, different structures.
Different teams, different conventions.
Onboarding takes weeks.
Maintenance becomes painful.

After repeating this cycle across multiple teams and projects, one question kept coming up:

Why are we still rebuilding backend foundations from scratch?


This Is Why We Built RapidKit

RapidKit is an open-source framework designed to give backend teams a solid, production-ready starting point — without locking them into rigid abstractions.

It’s not a template.
It’s not a starter repo.

It’s a scaffolding system that generates and manages real projects you can evolve over time.


What RapidKit Focuses On

RapidKit is built around a few core ideas:

  • Consistency over cleverness
    Every project starts with the same clean, predictable structure.

  • Workspace-first development
    Manage multiple services in one shared environment — ideal for teams and microservices.

  • Modular architecture
    Authentication, databases, caching, logging, observability — added when you need them, not before.

  • Production readiness by default
    Docker, environment management, testing, and CI are part of the foundation, not afterthoughts.

  • Framework flexibility
    Build APIs with FastAPI (Python) or NestJS (TypeScript) using a unified workflow.


A Quick Look

Creating a new backend doesn’t require days of setup:

# Create a workspace
rapidkit my-workspace
cd my-workspace

# Create a project
rapidkit create project fastapi.standard my-api

# Add features as modules
rapidkit add module auth
rapidkit add module database.postgres

# Start development
rapidkit dev
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In minutes, you get a clean, structured, production-ready API — ready to build real features.


Who Is RapidKit For?

RapidKit is especially useful for:

  • Teams building multiple backend services
  • Startups that need to move fast without cutting corners
  • Solo developers tired of rewriting boilerplate
  • Companies that care about long-term maintainability
  • Developers who value clean architecture and consistency

It’s probably not for projects that need a completely custom architecture from day one.


Why This Is Just the Beginning

This post is intentionally high-level.

In upcoming articles, we’ll go deeper into:

  • Workspace-first backend development
  • How RapidKit’s module system works
  • Designing scalable FastAPI projects
  • Managing multiple services with shared tooling
  • Writing your own RapidKit modules

RapidKit is evolving, and we’re building it openly.


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Final Thought

Backend teams shouldn’t spend their energy reinventing foundations.

They should spend it building products.

That’s the problem RapidKit is trying to solve.

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