// Articles
Guides, tutorials, and comparisons to help you build better backend applications.
Platforms for running services, databases and jobs, including the ones that deploy into your own cloud account, compared on local development, infrastructure definition and where workloads run.
How to split a Python backend into services, how they talk to each other, and what it takes to run them locally and on AWS or GCP.
Where to deploy when Vercel's pricing, limits, or scope stop fitting
How to organize modules, services, and shared code so the codebase scales
JWT, Passport strategies, guards, and how to wire it all together
The best Firebase alternatives in 2026 for teams that need a different data model or more control over their backend.
Seven tools ranked for application teams, with code, a comparison table, and when to pick which.
The best Supabase alternatives in 2026 for teams that need more backend flexibility and control over their infrastructure.
The best Railway alternatives in 2026 for teams that want simpler backend development and more control over production.
A practical guide to choosing a Node.js framework for your backend
Modern TypeScript frameworks for teams moving beyond Express
TypeScript backend frameworks that skip the boilerplate