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Hey HN! I’ve been working on Dyan, a self-hosted visual builder for REST APIs. Just posted a short demo video that shows how it works:

Build endpoints visually Write logic in JavaScript Test live in-browser Serve APIs from your own backend – no codegen, no magic

Demo video: https://youtu.be/SBEPacMgpvk GitHub: https://github.com/dyan-dev/dyan Discord: https://discord.gg/ZQ4pKRA7

Would love feedback and contributions! The goal is to make backend API creation feel like frontend development.

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Dyan – A Visual REST API Builder You Can Self-Host