UI, API, DB: pushing "three-tier architecture" too far? 🤔

What may look ideal in theory, may turn out cumbersome in practice.

-- Myself

During inception, the Passwordless.ID "app" was built in the purest form of a three-tier architecture.

• The UI - A vue app "compiled" into a single-page-application




• The API - An API built with Cloudflare Workers




• The DB - A distributed DB as a service

In particular, each "tier" was completely independent, built with its own tech stack and deployed on a dedicated subdomain.

• The UI: https://ui.passwordless.id




• The …

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