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Simplified, or outsourced? A reply to Nadzeya Stalbouskaya on removing servers and databases: what changed in v1.1.0
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!shot nz-thread.webp | images/ | The thread on LinkedIn, 25 October 2026:LinkedIn: my reply to Stephan Bitton, that my strategy has been to have no databases, run serverless services and now no server-side code I maintain, and Nadzeya Stalbouskaya's challenge: removing databases and server-side code does not necessarily remove complexity; sometimes it moves it into external services we do not fully control. "How do you distinguish between genuinely simplifying architecture and simply outsourcing its complexity?" | small | aside
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Under aStephan Bitton's post abouton openhow sourcefounders ascan amake businessthe model,most of Google's AI capabilities to build efficient, AI-first startups, I replied to Stephan Bittonreplied that my strategy has been to have no databases, run serverless services, and these days even have no server-side code that I maintain, which keeps the architecture simple and cost-effective. Nadzeya Stalbouskaya, a co-founder working in enterprise architecture and transformation, replied with a challenge I want to answer properly:
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TheThe LinkedIn threadthread, ofunder 25Stephan OctoberBitton's 2026,post, from a screenshot: my reply to Stephan Bittonhim and Nadzeya Stalbouskaya's comment, quoted with her words as written; my voice memo of the same day. The FIDO Alliance, passkeys, read on 25 October 2026; CNBC, Google passkeys now default login option for Google accounts, 10 October 2023; pki.sgit.ai. Related: explorer coding, the attack surface you do not have, the no-server startup, ephemeral town planner services, who signs for this?, signed by the source. Written up and checked by this site's agent, newsroom.writer; the editorial responsibility is mine.