Open HamClock Backend offers a community server at ohb.hamclock.app:80 operated by radio amateurs in a UK datacenter, or users can self-host their own backend on minimal hardware like a Raspberry Pi 3B+.
SpaceTimeDB is a reactive backend platform that combines database, server logic, authentication, and real-time sync in one unified system, eliminating the need for separate web servers, ORMs, or microservices. Designed for AI agents and game developers, it allows code to run directly inside the database in Rust, C#, or TypeScript, providing automatic client synchronization and simplified deployment.
FormHook is a form backend service for static sites and Jamstack applications that eliminates the need for server infrastructure. Users can create form endpoints in seconds, integrate them into existing HTML forms, and receive submissions in a managed dashboard with built-in spam filtering and CSV export capabilities.
A user discusses their preference for Claude as their default AI model, noting that while they initially used Fable, they found it consumed credits too quickly for mobile app planning tasks. They have settled on Opus 4.8 as their go-to model for web and mobile development with cloud backends, citing it as sufficiently capable for their needs.
A Twitter thread discussing the evolution of authentication and authorization in backend engineering, from basic passwords and sessions through JWTs, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect, explaining how each approach solved specific scaling and security challenges in web application development.
A software engineer with backend and AI/data engineering expertise discusses tools for LLM agents, including orchestration and sandboxes, drawing from experience at Doist and BuildingRadar.
Biff 2.0 is a Clojure web framework that integrates libraries into a unified toolkit, featuring a high-performance database, interactive UI creation from the backend, email-based authentication, and multiple deployment options including Ubuntu VPS and Docker containers.