Show IH: DooCloud – schema to live API in under 5 minutes, zero DevOps
Starting a new backend always felt like losing 3 days to Docker, auth, SSL, DNS before touching the actual idea.
So I built DooCloud: write a schema, get a live production API in under 5 minutes.
It generates the REST API, deploys it, and handles JWT auth, SSL, custom domains, rate limiting, and Git. No server to manage. It's not magic, you own code in the repo it creates. And it's binary.
I launched on April 14. Cold launch did not work. That part is on me, not the product. I spent months building and barely thought about distribution.
I’m sharing it because I want honest feedback from other solo founders: is this actually useful, or am I only solving my own problem?
Playground: https://doocloud.dev/#playground
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This is a strong solo-founder wedge because the pain is immediate: most builders do not want a full backend platform, they want to stop losing days before they can even test the idea. “Schema to live API in 5 minutes” is much clearer than “backend-as-a-service” because it sells speed to first usable API.
The part I’d make louder is ownership. A lot of no-code/backend tools create lock-in, but DooCloud creating a repo with owned code is the real trust signal. That makes it feel less like magic automation and more like a serious launch layer for technical founders.
The naming is where I’d be careful. DooCloud is friendly, but for an API/dev infrastructure product it may sound lighter than the actual system. If this grows from quick backend generation into a broader API deployment/workflow platform, Xevoa .com would feel more serious, cleaner, and more expandable than a cloud-sounding tool name.