Hono
Hono API development
Small, typed REST services that run the same on a Node process and on an edge runtime.
Part of backend and api developmentHono is what I reach for when an API does not need a framework with opinions about directories. Routing, middleware and typed handlers, deployable to Node, Bun or a Worker without rewriting anything, which matters when the hosting decision comes after the code.
The VM Academy server is Hono over Postgres with Drizzle, with passwordless auth, membership and one-time purchases, instructor payouts, and response types generated out of the repository into the two clients that consume them.
What that covers
- REST APIs with typed handlers and Zod-validated input
- Response types generated and shared with every client
- Passwordless and session auth, with roles
- Payment webhooks handled idempotently
- Runs on Node, Bun or Cloudflare Workers unchanged
Where this has shipped
VM Academy
Personal product, 2026
My own learning platform, built alone across mobile, web, API, database, payments, analytics and deployment.
How it is built
Kasoti
Personal product, 2026
A Gujarati-first exam prep app where a two-hour paper survives a dropped connection, a crash and a flat battery.
How it is built
Next: Postgres and Drizzle
Tell me what you are building.
A sentence about the product and where it is stuck is enough to start. I answer every mail myself, including the ones where the answer is that I am not the right person.