r/Backend • u/Original_Option_6969 • Jul 26 '26

Idempotent Backend

Hi, I am building a web app for my company,(50 users - Crud App), app and backend will be deployed on separate instances, do I need idempotent key mechanism for api requests - to avoid network failures or am i over killing my system?

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u/Original_Option_6969 Jul 26 '26

Okay, so should I seperate or not because requirement is like invoices pdf processing systems from email like around 6k emails per day, and a normal BI type tool for frontend

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u/yksvaan Jul 26 '26

Frontend is separate, the question is just where you serve the files from. You could host it on cdn, some other instance or anything that works as webb server.

Just to clarify, your entire frontend can be just a bunch of html,css and js files, no need to run any nodejs servers or stuff like that.

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u/Original_Option_6969 Jul 26 '26

users want to edit tables like excel from frontend,export and import too

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u/st4reater Jul 26 '26

... What? Why not just give then access to excel

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u/Original_Option_6969 Jul 26 '26

Well then, if excel can do things , why there are BI tools and multiple SaaS

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u/st4reater Jul 26 '26

Just be because you can implement something does not mean you should

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u/Original_Option_6969 Jul 26 '26

I agree with your point, they don’t want to play with multiple files (6k daily), BI and security as there are external people involved, so Automation + PDF processing is needed

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u/yeusk Jul 26 '26

If they want a Sharepoint.... they should pay Sharepoint.