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Stop Writing Boilerplate: Building a Metadata-Driven Node.js Framework from Scratch 🚀

Let’s be honest: setting up a new backend from scratch is tedious. Even with the rise of AI coding assistants, we often find ourselves generating the same repetitive boilerplate: Models, Controllers…

  • DD Framework is an open-source metadata-driven Node.js framework
  • Developers define data structure in JSON files for each entity
  • Framework generates code automatically using Node.js, Fastify, PostgreSQL, and Knex.js

When an agent can’t give the answer, what should it do next?

When someone asks an agent to make a consequential personal decision, a refusal can be correct and still leave them stranded. While designing an evaluation for a client, I worked through that tension.

  • When an agent can't answer a consequential decision, it must decide next steps.
  • Respecting user's limit, agent can't decide for them, leaving user with no options.
  • Useful response involves offering a feasible next step, allowing user to decide.

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