Your Backend Should Be a Compiler, Not a Collection of Handlers

Most backends are built the same way. You define routes. You write handlers. You wire everything together. Over time, you end up with dozens—sometimes hundreds—of functions that all follow similar patterns but live in different places. It works. But it doesn’t scale cleanly. The Handler Mindset A typical backend looks like this: Route definition Controller or handler Validation logic Database query Response formatting Repeat that structure across your entire application. Even if you organize it