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Backend context for an AI coding agent in React Native
A React Native repo shows an agent only the client. Add a project file, a typed API contract, a local backend and read-only tools for safer backend changes.
Articles about mobile backend architecture
7 articles from the Edict blog cover mobile backend architecture. The newest comes first.
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Backend context that keeps AI coding agents safe
Agents make safer backend changes with declarative config, schemas as contracts, MCP tools, dry runs, reviewed migrations and least-privilege credentials.
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Mobile background jobs: reminders, retries, queues
Run mobile reminders and background work using a Postgres queue, SKIP LOCKED, idempotency keys, backoff retries, time zone handling and metrics.
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Mobile API versioning and migrations for old apps
Old app versions stay installed for years. Use expand and contract migrations, additive API changes, minimum versions and feature flags to change safely.
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Per-plan AI quotas without shipping your API key
Give free and paid users different AI limits by routing model calls through your own gateway, metering usage in Postgres, and never embedding a key in the app.
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Push notification architecture for APNs and FCM
Model users, devices, tokens, and preferences as separate records, handle token invalidation and quiet hours, and send idempotently across APNs and FCM.
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Why subscription entitlements belong on the server
A mobile app should not decide on the device what a user paid for. Verify purchases on a server and keep entitlements in a table fed by store notifications.