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Show HN: Encore – Type-safe back end framework that generates infra from code
76 points · Open discussionencoredev
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Infrastructure orchestration from local to your cloud
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Leap doesn't currently use an MCP, but it we've build the same sort of logic for reading information from the Encore app's runtime into the Leap application itself. We found it was more controllable and token efficient.
Encore does have an MCP server now though, for local dev: https://github.com/encoredev/encore/releases/tag/v1.47.0
In Show HN: Leap – Full-stack AI developer agent that deploys to AWSShow HN: Leap – Full-stack AI developer agent that deploys to AWS
We just launched Leap, an AI developer agent that helps you build and deploy apps with real backends to your own AWS or GCP cloud.
We built it because every AI app builder we tried fell short. They were fine for prototypes, but not for real systems. No support for proper backend infra, no isolated test environments, and sometimes shockingly no way to own your code.
We build Leap to be more appropriate for developers:
- Connect GitHub to put your code in a repo you control
- Work with code generation using pull request–style revisions with diffs
- Get Architecture diagrams and API docs for your app as you build
- Develop using an isolated preview environment
- Deploy either via open source tooling or the integration with Encore Cloud for automated deploys to AWS/GCP
Leap uses Claude 4 Sonnet and runs on our open-source framework Encore.ts[
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1], which provides declarative infrastructure (like a cloud-agnostic CDK-layer). We found the framework to be a good fit for LLM code generation as both application logic and infra is defined in the same context, and the declarative nature makes it less error prone.
Right now we think Leap is best for starting new projects or building new isolated services in existing larger systems.
The biggest challenge right now is dealing with larger codebases as models struggle to cope with large contexts. And while we're doing a few things to optimize this, we intentionally made it so that you can switch to your IDE any time and keep working there. To run your app locally you only need the open Encore CLI installed, which also can be used to build the app as a docker container.
We're just getting started and would love your feedback if you try it. And also it would be helpful to understand what would make this useful for you?
- You can try it here: https://leap.new
- Here's the launch blog post and video: https://leap.new/launched
[1]https://github.com/encoredev/encore
The OP is using Encore (https://github.com/encoredev/encore) for the project described, it's pretty much what you are asking for.
In How I keep myself alive using GolangEncore releases automatic tracing in tests
1 points · Open discussionVery cool. Reminds me of the encore framework, also written in go: https://github.com/encoredev/encore
Need to spend some more time looking into these go based frameworks, they seem great for quick prototyping
In Pocketbase: Open-source back end in one fileFor something in the same vein but for Go, there is Encore: https://encore.dev / https://github.com/encoredev/encore
In Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today?If you want a similar experience to this but more optimized for backend development using Go, I've been building https://github.com/encoredev/encore for the past few years!
In TRPC: End-to-end typesafe APIs made easySuper interesting! We're doing something similar with Encore [1], but instead of building a whole new language we let you program using Go. Looking forward to see where this goes :)
[1] https://github.com/encoredev/encore
In Jolie, the service-oriented programming languageShow HN: Encore – Go framework for building distributed systems
182 points · Open discussionShow HN: Encore – Go backend framework with superpowers
11 points · Open discussion