Defer
InactiveZero infrastructure background processing platform.
This company has previously operated under “defer”. A rename frequently marks a pivot in positioning or product — useful raw material for variant ideas.
About
Defer enables Node.js developers to move slow code out of the user's journey. Its simple and well-documented API enables developers to improve web applications' performance in a few minutes instead of days. Bryan and Charly noticed that all companies end up building similar abstractions and dashboards over the existing open-source (BullMQ) or commercial solutions (AWS SQS + Lambdas) to support background jobs, CRONs, and workflows. Defer brings a full-featured and managed platform with a Vercel-like developer experience that comes with an operational dashboard, enabling developers to focus on product work. After building the self-serve version of Defer in 8 weeks and onboarding 5 paying customers, their recent HN launch brought 250+ users and a warm welcome from the Node.js community with the 2 biggest newsletters featuring Defer and tech influencers spreading the word. Defer is now available as a Node.js solution but aims to become a cross-language reference.
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Charly was a tech lead at Algolia, where he built a background jobs processing platform that contributed to $12M of new revenue. Charly enjoys speaking at international conferences (React Europe 2019) and wrote many reference articles on TypeScript and GraphQL relayed by recognized international newsletters such as GraphQL or TypeScript Weekly. After working in open-source, he now focuses on enabling Node.js developers to build reliable async flows with Defer.
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