[idebug]

> In the three-tier frontend-backend-database architecture, try to have as thin a middle layer as possible. Or even eliminate the backend layer altogether by directly exposing the database to the frontend.

Wat...

This article reads like a jumbled mess of ideas. But, the above is a total wat...

And it also assumes that your backend doesn't have to consume and tie together several resources or that you need a caching layer and so many other naive assumptions - and I'm not even addressing the security implications.

Take this article with a heavy cup of salt.

To me it just reads like something someone would write because they want full control and does't like working with and/or being dependant on other people/teams.

[karmakaze]

What they really want to useis Firebase and the like, which is fine for some. For others disregard this advice.