Napkin

Voice controlled recipe app that makes cooking super easy

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Napkin is the next-generation production-ready backend development tool in your browser. Fast, powerful code editor, zero configuration instant deployment, instant API endpoints, unlimited λ functions. No infra. No boilerplate. Just code.
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Napkin Beta

Backend in the browser
Napkin is the next-generation production-ready backend development tool in your browser. Fast, powerful code editor, zero configuration instant deployment, instant API endpoints, unlimited λ functions. No infra. No boilerplate. Just code.
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Dave Fontenot
I still remember the first hackathon I used Parse at. It changed the game for me. People always made fun of my coding skills bc I didn't even have my own laptop when I went to my first hackathon freshman year in college and had never really coded before then. I quickly learned how to build some stuff on the frontend but absolutely sucked at backend bc i just could never get the dev environments working and deployed right. It was so frustrating. When Parse launched Parse Cloud it changed the game for me. I could write functions in javascript and suspend them into the cloud to call from anywhere my app. Didn't have to worry about doing backend dev at all. When Parse sold out to Facebook and they shut it down, I cried. Today, I cried again. Napkin gives me hope that I can one day become the very best developer like no one ever was and build shit without needing to rely on those backend developers who would always make fun of me and tell me i wasnt a real hacker bc i couldnt build a backend. Thank you @thomaswang and @syps. Thank you for breathing new life into me as a dev. Thank you for building napkin. I can't wait to hack again and finally finish building robinclout: http://bitclout.com/u/robinclout
Naga Samineni
Okay this is one of those rare products that makes you want to come back to PH and leave a feedback. Love the GUI based editing and instant deploys. I've tried Replit before, but for backend development, having trying napkin out since the last half hour, napkin stood out to me, even in the current beta release with clear differentiated offering and production readiness. Good job you guys!
Kunal Shah
I wouldn't be surprised if this gets a bunch of hate from devs, but it may be coming from the sunk cost of having spent countless hours learning how to properly set up the infra of a backend app. Then, boom, Napkin.io makes it easier than creating a website on webflow, and no wonder some respond with doubt
Dave Fontenot
@kunalsh23 yeah i cant imagine what it would feel like to have spent ten thousand hours learning backend development and then see something like this launch sheeeesh
Raj Vir
@kunalsh23 @davefontenot Agreed, whenever I used to bring up Parse or Firebase, I would frequently get pushback from experienced backend developers, and I sensed a part of that pushback was because it obsoleted some of their knowledge. I think many backends could be built mostly with Firebase, using Napkin/Lambda to fill in the gaps.
Andrey Pyankov
Napkin is the best way to write, test and deploy cloud functions! I love its simplicity and great design.
Rohan Ramendra
Looks great! Congrats on your launch. How do you plan to prevent users from misusing this by using it for attacks or any illegal purposes?
Nick Sypteras
@rohram21 Hey, Rohan! Thanks for question. Like other cloud providers we don't regulate what users can and can't do with our site; however, we do monitor the usage of our sandbox tool and may intervene if we see it being used maliciously. We really appreciate the feedback!
Kyle Giffin
Bravo Nick & Thomas 👏 this is seamless. Can't wait to share with our engineers.
Ivanna Wendel
Cool product @thomaswang ! Congrats on the launch!
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