Building a Full Backend in Rust: TurboCore

I'm excited to announce the development of TurboCore, a fast, self-hosted backend-as-a-service (BaaS) written entirely in Rust, a modern programming language known for its high performance and type safety. TurboCore is still in the very early stages of development, but we're already making progress toward our goals.

Motivation behind TurboCore

Developers are always on the lookout for ways to improve the speed and reliability of their applications. As a result, backend-as-a-service providers have gained popularity for their ability to enable developers to swiftly and easily integrate backend functionality into their applications, without needing to build a full backend.

However, typical backend-as-a-service providers present certain limitations, including being expensive or slow. Additionally, some developers want to have more control over their backend infrastructure and choose to host their own backend, allowing them to customize their setup according to their specific needs. Self-hosting also enables developers to have complete control over their data.

This is where TurboCore steps in. TurboCore will provide developers with a backend-as-a-service solution that is both customizable, and easy to use without sacrificing speed, reliability, or scalability.

Goals of TurboCore

The main goal of TurboCore is to provide developers with a backend that is:

• Fast: We're writing TurboCore in Rust to take advantage of its speed and reliability. We want TurboCore to be fast enough to handle a large application with a single instance without expensive infrastructure.
• Scalable: TurboCore is designed with scalability in mind so developers can easily add resources as their application grows. Each TurboCore instance will be stateless and scaling TurboCore will be as easy as running another instance of it.
• Open-source and Self-Hosted: Developers should have complete control over their backend infrastructure. With TurboCore, developers can self-host their backend, giving them complete control over their data and infrastructure.
• Easy to use: We want TurboCore to be easy to use, especially for developers who have never used BaaS. We'll be providing clear documentation and easy-to-use APIs and client SDKs to make the development process as smooth as possible.
• Extensible We want developers to be able to tailor TurboCore to their specific needs. We'll be providing a flexible API and support for custom plugins and extensions.

Early progress and next steps

We're currently in the very early stages of development, but we've already made progress toward some goals. We've designed a basic architecture and started building the core components of TurboCore.

Our next steps include building out more of the core functionality, designing a user-friendly dashboard, and creating documentation for developers.

Join the TurboCore community

If you're interested in TurboCore and want to contribute, we invite you to join our GitHub community! Our codebase is open source, and we welcome contributions, pull requests, and bug reports from anyone interested in helping us improve TurboCore.

You can find our repository on GitHub, where you can star the repo to show your support and keep track of our progress. You can also join the discussions on issues and pull requests, or start new discussions to share your ideas and feedback.

We're always looking for contributors, testers, and anyone who is interested in learning more about TurboCore. We're excited to see where TurboCore takes us and hope to make a positive impact on the backend-as-a-service industry.