😐 Fastgen – a no-code backend we deserve
**I once wrote about node-based programming – it's when you build an application's business logic using visual blocks.
It's a working approach, but you have to solve the same tasks over and over – authentication, database connection, API setup, and validation.
The guys from Fastgen noticed this and put together a ready-made solution for us – Authentication + Validation + PostgreSQL + pre-built blocks for API and Cron.
This reminds me of Supabase / Hasura, but with a built-in graphical logic builder.
The guys just started and they only have a cloud version, which is both good (because you can quickly get started and have a server + database out of the box) and bad (because it's 100% vendor lock).
If the topic develops, I'll be waiting for open-source alternatives to appear (most likely, made with n8n.io), and then I'd try it out for some quick project.