How I Built One Backend to Run My Company

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Dave Ebbelaar walks through building a custom automation backend to replace scattered SaaS tools like Zapier and Make. The architecture uses webhooks and scheduled jobs feeding an event ledger, Redis for queue management, Celery for workflow execution, and Postgres for shared state storage. This is for developers and technical founders who want to build custom internal tools rather than rely on no-code automation platforms, made practical by AI coding agents.