Supper Club × Self Hosted Backend-as-a-service with Brandon Roberts

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Brandon Roberts about Appwrite, how Appwrite works, who it’s for, as well as his thoughts on Angular, Remix, and more. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 01:10 Who is Brandon Roberts? @BrandonTRoberts 02:00 What is Appwrite? Appwrite Getting started with Appwrite 03:17 What database layer does Appwrite use? 08:17 Is this working client side or server side? 09:54 Great docs and examples 12:55 How is deployment handled? Appwrite on Digital Ocean 15:30 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 16:36 Appwrite’s focus on developer experience Appwrite to do with Svelte 19:56 Realtime database options with Appwrite 22:40 Cloud functions in Appwrite 26:01 How does Appwrite scale? Docker Swarm 27:28 Who is Appwrite for? Flutter 30:03 What is Ionic? Ionic 32:12 What do you enjoy about working in Angular? Angular 35:08 Sponsor: Hasura 36:30 Supper club questions Night owl Shameless Plugs Guest: React Router Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets