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by mdnahas 899 days ago
It is a simple program that (1) hosts a webserver, (2) runs server-side code, and (3) hosts a database. It also has built-in support for logging in and permissions to data.

Thus, if you want to write a simple website that needs permissions, storage, and server-side code, it's a great backend solution. The limitation is that it isn't high performance.