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Dev tools · March 8, 2020

Database-driven app without REST API

AppRun database-driven application using WebSockets without REST API - GitHub - yysun/apprun-websockets-sqlite: AppRun database-driven application using WebSockets without REST API

Database-driven app without REST API launched on March 8, 2020 with 8 votes, #1,207 of 4,417 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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