Backstage
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Nov 11, 2025first mention
Oct 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“built an internal developer platform using Backstage and FastAPI”
“none of this AI automation works without Backstage doing the boring work of tracking who owns what”
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“Think the good parts of SpecKit + Beads + Obsidian (it's actually vault compatible) + Backstage”
Caveats and dissent
“The irony of Backstage is that it was created to prevent teams”
Threads where it came up
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) 2 mentions
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) 1 mention
- MCP Is Dead; Long Live MCP 1 mention
- Spotify: Our best developers haven't written a single line of code since Dec 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026) 1 mention
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All comments 8
“built an internal developer platform using Backstage and FastAPI”
“The irony of Backstage is that it was created to prevent teams”
“Like backstage or something”
“none of this AI automation works without Backstage doing the boring work of tracking who owns what”
“You could say its a modern backstage”
“Think the good parts of SpecKit + Beads + Obsidian (it's actually vault compatible) + Backstage”
We should chat! I'm the founder of roadie.io. I don't see an email on your profile but feel free to reach out at david@roadie.io or via linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtuite/
“backstage compatible (zero change if you have catalog-info or templates files)”