urBackend

Overview

urBackend is an open-source Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform engineered to let developers spin up complete backend infrastructure — databases, authentication, file storage, and transactional emails — without writing server boilerplates.

Engineering Decisions

• Reduced authentication API latency by 70% (from 500ms down to 150ms) using a Redis cache-aside layer offloading MongoDB reads.
• Engineered AES-256-GCM encrypted database connections with dynamic connection pooling to prevent connection leaks under burst load.
• Implemented atomic MongoDB updates ($inc, $push) for quota enforcement, eliminating race conditions across concurrent API requests.
• Decoupled public developer gateway APIs from internal management services, enabling independent auto-scaling of developer traffic.
• Selected as an official GSSoC'2026 project — actively maintaining 40+ forks, 48 stars, and 100+ PR reviews from 40+ global open-source contributors.

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