Skapi articles https://www.skapi.com/articles Product news, release notes and deep dives from the Skapi team. en Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The best backend for AI agent coding: Skapi cuts the token bill of vibe coding https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-10-06-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-10-06-00 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Backends built through Supabase or Firebase MCP burn tokens on every schema change. We measured it. On skapi-js the same app costs your AI agent almost nothing. A backend in São Paulo: $529 a month on AWS, $19 on Skapi https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-29-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-29-00 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT What an EC2, RDS, S3 and CloudFront backend really costs per month in São Paulo, line by line, and how Skapi runs the same backend for $19, 28 times less. The new Skapi dashboard: database search, usage at a glance, dark mode https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-28-01 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-28-01 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A tour of the rebuilt Skapi dashboard: search the database from one bar, an advanced search that writes the query for you, a clearer project page and dark mode. Olá, São Paulo: our new region in Brazil https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-28-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-28-00 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Skapi now runs in São Paulo, its first South American region, so a project's database, files and user accounts stay close to users across Latin America. skapi-js since 2.0: eight releases in twenty days https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-18-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-18-00 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Eight releases of skapi-js in the twenty days after 2.0: forwardRequest(), webhook tickets, subscriber push notifications, named newsletters and safer logins. New plan limits, and what happens past them https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-16-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-16-00 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every plan now has a monthly bandwidth allowance, storage moves from the database to the file pool, and a project that outgrows its plan is suspended instead of quietly stuck. Bonjour, Paris: our new region in France https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-07-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-07-00 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Skapi now runs in Paris, its first European region, where a project's database, files and user accounts all stay on European ground. Bandwidth is on us, and Standard just got roomier https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-06-01 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-06-01 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT For a limited time every Skapi plan ran with unlimited bandwidth, and Standard gained database room. These numbers are being replaced by the new plan limits. How Skapi Encrypts Your Users' Data https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-06-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-06-00 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Skapi can encrypt your users' private data in their own browser, with a key from their password, before anything is sent. How it works, and where it stops. Skapi 2.0 is out https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-04-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-09-04-00 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The stable tag has moved: npm i skapi-js installs 2.0 today. Private records can now be encrypted in the browser, under your user's own password. How Skapi saves you huge on AI tokens https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-08-16-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-08-16-00 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Your AI assistant burns tokens on your infrastructure, not on your app. See where they go, and a full Skapi login system in roughly six thousand tokens. Skapi 2.0 is out as a release candidate https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-08-12-00 https://www.skapi.com/articles/2026-08-12-00 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Skapi 2.0 is installable today as a release candidate: a stability and performance release with a naming change, one new method and a long run of fixes.