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Show HN: 8base – Ready-to-Rock GraphQL API and Serverless Back End

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Re: Show HN: 8base – Ready-to-Rock GraphQL API and Serverless Back End

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Post by asantalo »

codebeast wrote: post #12

Super stoked to see 8base out here. I love JAMstack and I love how 8base fills up the data layer for my JAMstack projects nicely. You will know what I am talking about if you have spent days trying to setup a GraphQL backend for JAMstack project. I wrote about how I use 8base for JAMstack on CSS Tricks few months ago https://css-tricks.com/hey-lets-create-a-functional-calendar... . I use 8base extensively and happy t…

Thanks, Codebeast! We appreciate you being an early adopter and contributor to our efforts.

Re: Show HN: 8base – Ready-to-Rock GraphQL API and Serverless Back End

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Post by evgeny_s »

21stio wrote: post #31

Cool stuff. How does it compare to Prisma?

Prisma is just Data Access Layer (you would use it instead of other ORMs like Sequelize or Mongoose to work with database directly) while 8base gives you production ready API right away with roles/permissions/authentication, with possibility to extend you API with custom functions with much more

Re: Show HN: 8base – Ready-to-Rock GraphQL API and Serverless Back End

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Post by sebscholl »

weego wrote: post #26
samwight wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Think the major difference is that there's much less vendor lockin with 8base. 8base is just a GraphQL endpoint, letting you use any library you want to interact with it, while Amplify requires you to use their specific APIs with their infrastructure. 8base also has a built-in roles and access management system, and lets you do authentication with any OpenID connect service.

Amplify is 'just' graphql too. That's a disingenuous argument. Ironic even because 8base is all aws services bolted together.

having worked with both I think each lends itself better to different projects. Amplify gives you the option to work both with REST or GraphQL, however you then have to go through all the steps of setting up a CRUD api. That part comes out of the box on 8base, with things like relational filtering, pagination, etc.

Re: Show HN: 8base – Ready-to-Rock GraphQL API and Serverless Back End

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Post by ericmcer »

sebscholl wrote: post #29
pighive wrote: post #25

Your website looks really pretty on mobile and Desktop. How can I build something like this? If you don’t mind me asking. Thanks.

I'd try logging in and creating a data-model for your project. All the GraphQL operations will be generated from that so you can start using the workspace API. Whatever application you're building than then connect through there. https://docs.8base.com https://youtube.com/c/8base

How does a graphql API help with building a responsive web page?

To parent, you are gonna want to look at responsive web page information, most css templates and frameworks will be responsive but it is fairly simple to do from scratch now using stuff like flex box.

Re: Show HN: 8base – Ready-to-Rock GraphQL API and Serverless Back End

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Post by asantalo »

ffab00 wrote: post #24

Love the look of the website and the tools, it is worth a try! I'm using AWS and AppSync (The service for GraphQL) directly and managing infrastructure (other services) with AWS CDK. I'm encouraging everyone to try AWS directly. The learning curve is a bit steeper but there will be no lock-in to a single service. Now more and more services are offering a way to run serverless apps: Netlify, Zeit, 8base. It's nice and…

Yes, we understand there is somewhat of a trade-off. At 8base, we have tried very hard to use only standards while also delivering the benefit of a flexible, pre-built infrastructure.
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