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Long-form posts about Para, Scoold, and the infrastructure that powers them.
If you're building AI-powered applications or just want to work more efficiently with your Para backend, the MCP server opens up entirely new possibilities.
Major updates to Para and Scoold: redesigned websites, new Helm charts with customizable secrets, GraalVM native image support for faster startups, IPv6 connectivity on ParaIO.com and Scoold Cloud, plus the official n8n integration for workflow automation.
Para now supports handling HTML form submissions directly, including email notifications, CAPTCHA verification, and optional message storage - all without writing a single line of backend code.
Let's build a new version of our simple search box which uses our Para backend for indexing documents. The content is first ingested and processed by Para, then we use clientside code to query the data.
Scoold Pro now integrates with Microsoft Teams and is rolling out to licensed users and Scoold Cloud instances. It's the third official chat integration after Slack and Mattermost.
Para's hosted BaaS has grown to hundreds of active apps and paying customers worldwide. To reduce latency from a single EU region, we set out to make the service global.
Scoold Cloud is the official hosting for Scoold Pro, offering easy deployment with scaling and upgrades handled for you. Combined with Para, it provides a low-maintenance knowledge-sharing solution for organizations.
Over the last year, Scoold and Para gained many features, bug fixes, and community contributions. Scoold Pro revenue is rising with several large enterprise deployments.
This React article is a clone of the Angular version. Read the Angular post for the original content.
Para 1.32.0 introduces webhooks for all apps, available on ParaIO.com. Webhooks enable near real-time notifications for create, update, and delete events.
We've been maintaining Para and Scoold with minor dependency upgrades and bug fixes. Scoold also received translation contributions and now supports 12 languages.
This post lists top open-source Q&A platforms that are actively developed and have working demos. The projects are inspired by Stack Overflow and the list is unordered.
Scoold Pro is now available with new features and easier integration into enterprise environments. It supports SAML auth and unlimited spaces for team separation on intranets.
Scoold brings Stack Overflow-style Q&A to your site and showcases the Para backend. It's a lightweight, cloud-ready Java app that runs without a database.
Static site generators make it easy to build and host sites, but static content makes search difficult. This post highlights the UX problem of not being able to quickly search static sites.
