How APIs Use the Backend-for-Frontend Pattern
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Lucas and Luna dive into the Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) pattern, a strategy where each client—mobile, web, IoT—gets its own dedicated backend API. They trace how Netflix and Twitter adopted BFFs to avoid over-fetching and under-fetching, and explore trade-offs like increased service count versus frontend autonomy. The episode contrasts BFFs with GraphQL and API gateways, and touches on ownership models where client teams build their own server-side layer. #BackendForFrontend #BFF #APIPatterns #Microservices #ClientSpecificAPI #Netflix #Twitter #GraphQL #APIGateway #FrontendAutonomy #Overfetching #Underfetching #APIArchitecture #SoftwareDesign #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TheAPIPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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