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What TikTok Gurus Aren’t Telling You About Automation

Mark Piller — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:18:14 +0000

Automation looks simple on the surface. Wire a few tools together, save a few hours, maybe even spin up an AI agent that feels impressive in a demo. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: automations work fine in a demo, then start breaking as soon as the real world hits them with edge cases. And when...

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Vibe Coding is Awesome – But Let’s Talk Backends (Because They Still Matter)

Mark Piller — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:36:35 +0000

Vibe coding. Yeah, you’ve definitely seen it, probably dabbled in it yourself. Platforms like Loveable.dev, Replit, Claude Code, and a ton of others, are changing how we think about coding. It’s like skipping the boring stuff, going straight to building something fun. UI prototyping, algorithms, slick little experiments, honestly, it feels like magic. But okay,...

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Picking the Right Backendless Plan (Without the Math Headache)

Mark Piller — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:39:58 +0000

Not sure which Backendless plan is right for your app? Don’t worry – you don’t need to be a developer or data scientist to figure it out. In fact, with just a few basic estimates, you can choose the plan that fits your needs (and your budget) pretty closely. This guide walks you through it,...

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Introducing FlowRunner Sample Automations

Mark Piller — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:02:34 +0000

We are thrilled to announce the availability of sample flows for FlowRunner, a powerful platform designed to help you quickly build intelligent, dynamic automation workflows. These sample flows are the perfect starting point for exploring FlowRunner’s capabilities and learning how to create effective automations. Explore the Sample Flows Our curated sample flows demonstrate a variety...

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Introducing FlowRunner: Backendless’ New Automation Platform (Beta)

Mark Piller — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:49:36 +0000

This holiday season, we’ve prepared a special stocking stuffer for our users! Introducing FlowRunner—a new tool that will revolutionize how you automate tasks and save time. We’re excited to share FlowRunner, a new system designed to help businesses automate tasks and save time. After almost two years of hard work, FlowRunner is now ready to...

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Introducing Backendless Pro Community Edition: Free Single-Server Deployment

Mark Piller — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:27:50 +0000

We’re excited to announce that Backendless is now even more accessible with the launch of the Community Edition: a free version of the Backendless platform for deployment on a single physical server. This change makes Backendless more accessible than ever, allowing established users who want to lower their overall cost of ownership to deploy quickly...

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About the Scale Variable Plan

Mark Piller — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:22:33 +0000

The Backendless Scale Plan is a cloud-based application development and hosting plan that offers high starting limits, unlimited scalability, and is priced based on maximum daily API usage.

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Introducing the Scale Fixed Pricing Plan

Mark Piller — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:29:16 +0000

Backendless Cloud is introducing a new pricing plan, the Scale Fixed plan, which offers users a more predictable and potentially lower-cost billing option compared to the existing Scale plan. This blog post delves into the details and benefits of this new plan, which will become available right before the Cloud 99 plan is phased out...

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Addressing Our Current Outage: Steps Forward

Mark Piller — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:49:12 +0000

Dear Community, We’ve always believed in transparency and accountability, especially when things don’t go as planned. Today, we find ourselves in one of those challenging moments: a significant service outage has affected our operations in the EU and US regions. This blog post aims to shed light on the situation, our ongoing efforts to resolve...

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Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Disinformation and “Vendor Lock-In” in No-Code Platforms

Mark Piller — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:55:06 +0000

It’s time we address the elephant in the room. The vast amount of disinformation on the Internet, occasionally bordering on outright lies, does a huge disservice to end users. It’s disappointing to see many no-code vendors use FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) to scare uninformed and less technical citizen developers with the dreaded “vendor lock-in”...

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