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Show HN: Napkin.io – Backend in the Browser

by nsypteras on 4/14/21, 11:10 AM with 8 comments

• by nsypteras on 4/14/21, 11:18 AM

  Hi, HN! I'm Nick and my co-founder, Thomas, and I are building napkin.io to make backend development easier. Napkin is a website that lets you code and instantly deploy endpoints from your browser. We feel building a backend is overly difficult and requires too much boilerplate. Our goal with Napkin is to allow anyone that knows a little Python to instantly code and deploy a scalable backend server, whether that be a Slack bot, an endpoint for a mobile app, or an Alexa integration. No infra or boilerplate needed.

  Today we're launching the beta, and we plan on adding a lot more functionality based on user feedback over the coming weeks. Would really appreciate any and all feedback. Thanks!

• by xprilion on 4/14/21, 11:23 AM

  Used it for a bunch of stuff like teaching students, creating quick proof of concepts and sharing code on stackoverflow, works like a charm every time.

  Would be great to see a git/github integration coming soon, I love deploying my code from github.

• by imehra on 4/14/21, 11:20 AM

  Very cool. Python is the only coding language I know, and I was just able to build an endpoint to send Twilio data to Airtable with Napkin. Opens up a lot of options for me. Thanks guys.

• by srekhi on 4/14/21, 11:37 AM

  Big fan! Super fun, seamless way to spin up backend functions. Also has an excellent UX. Y'all rock!