[mattyfo]

As a UX Designer and front-end guy a lot of the appeal is being able to build something functional without a lot of help.

You are correct about the taking off part. If any of my ideas were to take off then I would need to swap out one of these services for an actual back-end.

[swalkergibson]

Perhaps it is my own lack of experience with the services themselves, but I feel like if you are equipped to build out a complete front-end javascript application, you are probably equally qualified to bang out a little server-side API that will be suitable for you. Call me old fashioned, but I feel like this new cottage industry might just be a bridge too far...