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I built a backend language that a 3B model writes better than Express
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I built a backend language that a 3B model writes better than Express

via Dev.to WebdevAndré Ahlert3h ago

I've been building web apps for years and the thing that always bothered me is how much ceremony goes into something that should be simple. A task list with auth shouldn't need 15 files across 3 directories with 200 lines of config. So I built Kilnx , a declarative backend language. 27 keywords, compiles to a single binary, SQL inline, HTML as output. At some point I started wondering: if the language is this small, can a tiny local LLM write it? A model that fits on a phone? I ran the benchmark. Kilnx won every round. What Kilnx looks like A complete app with auth, pagination, htmx, and a SQLite database: config database: "sqlite://app.db" port: 8080 secret: env SECRET_KEY required model user name: text required email: email unique password: password required model task title: text required done: bool default false owner: user required created: timestamp auto auth table: user identity: email password: password login: /login after login: /tasks page /tasks requires auth query tasks: SE

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