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Toni Dahl

Hi Leo, welcome! BindBox is sure interesting. I'm not sure if, as a developer, I would like to create backends like that, but I could try.
How does BindBox compare to e.g. Darklang darklang.com/ or Outsystems outsystems.com/ ?

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Leo Peña

Hi Toni. I have not tried outsystems.com, but I did tried Darklang a few months ago. The main difference between Darklang and BindBox is the editor. In Darklang you have to code. In BindBox you don't code, instead you have powerful nodes that covers a wide range of functionality from basic (transform a value) to more advance ones (fetch data from external APIs for instance).

This leads to a major change in the way backends are built. Developers can create a backend in a matters of minutes using drag-and-drop.
What about maintenance? it is easy too. In BindBox the backend implementation and documentation are one/the same... so it is easy to see what it's happening or what some part of a particular "endpoint" (aka. workflow) actually does.
With this, developers have a huge advantage when taking projects that have been unmodified for a long period of time or were implemented by someone else.

Would you like to try it?. We would love receiving your feedback.