We use Restify for almost all our APIs, so I rolled up a tiny bootstrapping tool that can spin up endpoints quickly with complete routes, controllers, models(Bookshelfjs), migrations(Knex), test(JEST) and services. Pretty pleased with the outcome. 3 - 4 hours task became 2 min.
What this means is that for a new project, we can spin up an entire API in about 2 - 3 hours with minimal tweaks as long as we have properly define contracts. This was a task that took north of 1 - 2 weeks depending on complexity.
It's been said that the strength of any company lies in its technology. I am beginning to see the impact first hand. To think this started out as an experiment. Look at God :)
Who knows, this might become a real conference talk: From 0 - 100 in 2 mins. How we build APIs with Restify and other stories. :)
