backslash/DECISIONS.md

DECISIONS.md

A file describing tech stack / feature decisions. sort of a change log

The Birth of the project - 2026-10-05

Languages:

Backend

GO

The language I want to learn

Web Frameworks

HTMX

Server side rendering reducing the number of roundtrips a user has to make to the server. The server still has to make the same number of API calls however from the client side it should take less bandwidth and feel quicker

Web Frontend

HTML

standard web building blocks, no framework chosen yet

CSS

standard web building blocks, no framework chosen yet

JS

standard web building blocks, no framework chosen yet

DB

PostgreSQL

Scales better than something like SQLite at the cost of more learning overhead and setup