Clean APIs, great UI components, and sensible defaults meant we didn’t have to reinvent authentication. It handled the hard parts so we could focus on the product.
Instant deployments, great performance out of the box, and a DX that just stays out of the way. It let us focus on building the product instead of worrying about infrastructure.
We needed something production-ready out of the box, but still flexible enough to not feel boxed in. Postgres at the core, great DX, generous free tier, and open source were big wins.
It let us focus on shipping instead of wiring basics together.