Devlog entry - Sunday, 15 September, 2024
Tech stack overview
Siplicity has a backend written in Go. I chose Go mainly because I am familiar with it but can justify the choice on the basis that it is cross-platform, reasonably performant, and enables native integration with Siegfried.
The frontend is Flutter. This framework is best known for mobile UIs but it now has good desktop and web support too. It is modern, performant, and native-feeling.
The backend and frontend communicate via gRPC. I’ve been using the Buf tooling for this.
I am focused on creating a local, client application but a benefit of this mix of go/flutter/grpc is that it opens the door to other potential deployment scenarios, including local client (native or browser) with a cloud backend (e.g. an AWS machine in the same region as your cloud storage).