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Alysson Melo

Back4app MCP Server: Give AI agents backend superpowers

Back4app MCP Server: Give AI agents backend superpowers
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Back4App has long focused on simplifying backend development through its Backend-as-a-Service platform. In 2023, we launched the Back4App Autonomous Agent, essentially “AutoGPT for developers,” which could transform natural language instructions into actual running backend tasks.

Now we’re taking the next step. We’re proud to announce the Back4App MCP Server, which opens our platform’s capabilities through an open standard – allowing AI agents that speaks the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to interact with Back4App. Whether you use Cursor IDE, Windsurf, Claude(Desktop or Code), or other MCP-compatible assistants, they can now manage your Back4App resources directly.


Gilad David Maayan

What’s New in Continuous Delivery? Trends and Predictions for 2025

Continuous delivery is a software development practice where code changes are automatically prepared for a release to production. It expands upon continuous integration by deploying all code changes to a testing environment and then to a production environment after the build stage. When properly implemented, it ensures developers always have a deployment-ready build artifact that has passed through a standardized test process. 

Continuous delivery encourages developers to automate testing beyond simple unit tests so they can verify application updates across multiple dimensions before deploying to customers. These tests may include UI testing, load testing, integration testing, API reliability testing, etc. This helps developers more thoroughly validate updates and pre-emptively discover issues. 

With cloud environments, it is easy and cost-effective to automate the creation and replication of multiple environments for testing, which was previously difficult to do on-premises.


George Batschinski

2025’s Best Firebase Alternatives: Open-Source & Scalable Solutions

Firebase alternatives

Are you looking for Firebase alternatives in 2025? In this article, we’ll explore the top 10 alternatives to Firebase and explain why modern developers are switching.

We’ll cover key platforms like Back4App, Parse, AWS Amplify, Backendless, Kuzzle, Supabase, Appwrite, Nhost, Kinsta, and Hasura – each offering unique advantages such as open-source flexibility, real-time capabilities, or specialized hosting options.


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