mkj6
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Programmer, biker, traveller.
Partner @ https://www.softinstigate.com
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Comment · 8 months ago
We built Facet to solve a real problem we've seen repeated across teams:
the separation between backend and frontend developers creates friction that
shouldn't exist.
The idea is simple: the same REST endpoint serves JSON to APIs and HTML to browsers (via HTTP content negotiation). A web developer can now:
- Build complete admin panels, dashboards, and internal tools without writing backend code - Access data directly in templates (Pebble, Twig-like syntax) - Get pagination, sorting, filtering automatically from the REST API - Add interactivity with HTMX instead of React/Vue/Angular whenever needed
Built on proven foundations: Java (RESTHeart), MongoDB, GraalVM for fast startup and small memory footprint.
It's not for complex SPAs or offline-first apps, it's for the majority of business applications (admin UIs, content management, data dashboards, CRUD tools) where simpler tooling has been missing.
Repo is at: https://github.com/SoftInstigate/facet
Happy to answer questions!
Comment · 1 year ago
MongoDB has officially announced the deprecation of the Atlas Data API and HTTPS Endpoints for Atlas App Services.
Comment · 5 years ago
This repo demonstrates how to build a native image of a java application that uses ClassGraph with GraalVM.
Comment · 6 years ago
HTTP Shell is a tool that provides developers a modern alternative to HTTP clients for interacting with APIs. Let's see it as something between a raw command line tool, like curl or httpie, and a more user friendly REST client, like Postman. It's built on top of IBM's open source Kui framework.