--- title: Stop Writing REST APIs From Scratch in 2025 | daily.dev description: Modern frameworks like tRPC, Fastify, and Hono eliminate the need to write REST APIs from scratch by leveraging schema-driven design. These tools reduce... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cq5nbt2u0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stop Writing REST APIs From Scratch in 2025 | daily.dev og:description: Modern frameworks like tRPC, Fastify, and Hono eliminate the need to write REST APIs from scratch by leveraging schema-driven design. These tools reduce... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cq5nbt2u0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cq5nbT2U0.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stop Writing REST APIs From Scratch in 2025 **[Nestjs Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/nestjsdevs)** · [@ezilemdodana](https://daily.dev/ezilemdodana) · 94 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Modern frameworks like tRPC, Fastify, and Hono eliminate the need to write REST APIs from scratch by leveraging schema-driven design. These tools reduce boilerplate code while improving development speed and type safety, making manual API construction increasingly obsolete. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jrmemeichelbeck** · 4 upvotes > No. **@lizikibit** · 0 upvotes > now you can use open router to build API and the antigravity like the IDE env ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [REST vs GraphQL vs tRPC 2026: What to Actually Use](https://daily.dev/posts/rest-vs-graphql-vs-trpc-2026-what-to-actually-use-erzmsddde) · Alex CloudStar · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Get Type Safety Without Code Generation Using tRPC and Hono](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-type-safety-without-code-generation-using-trpc-and-hono-iw5v4zzec) · freeCodeCamp · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [4 API Architectural Styles You Should Know](https://daily.dev/posts/4-api-architectural-styles-you-should-know-har5jvoyo) · Nordic APIs · 44 upvotes · 0 comments - [Building Production-Ready tRPC APIs: The TypeScript Alternative to Apollo Federation](https://daily.dev/posts/building-production-ready-trpc-apis-the-typescript-alternative-to-apollo-federation-1sae4hwcq) · InfoQ · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#fastify](https://daily.dev/tags/fastify), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api), [#trpc](https://daily.dev/tags/trpc) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/cq5nbt2u0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/cq5nbt2u0","headline":"Stop Writing REST APIs From Scratch in 2025","text":"Shared: Stop Writing REST APIs From Scratch in 2025","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cq5nbt2u0","datePublished":"2025-10-20T11:58:46.487Z","dateModified":"2026-05-28T02:16:45.896Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ezile Mdodana","url":"https://daily.dev/ezilemdodana","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1OI8gwnO--/f_auto/v1771923757/avatars/avatar_7vB9SeLRKhOHGnzEpmFvQ?_a=BAMAMiiu0","description":"Software Project Lead sharing practical insights on NestJS, Angular, AWS and scalable systems.","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":8430}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--2-1xRawN--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2011","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":94},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/WhupVKLWZ"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"No.","datePublished":"2025-12-16T06:16:26.638Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cq5nbT2U0#c-gzb4daARb","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jérôme Meichelbeck","url":"https://daily.dev/jrmemeichelbeck","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JY0uVUtQ--/f_auto/v1727947731/avatars/avatar_BSQRVgqqRVVoABG3XWfb4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"now you can use open router to build API and the antigravity like the IDE env","datePublished":"2026-01-15T11:07:10.048Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cq5nbT2U0#c-E1F4sFGrs","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Liziki.Bit","url":"https://daily.dev/lizikibit","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--K8EQNypv--/f_auto/v1768337702/avatars/avatar_F9b1c4JcQqlJUHnquObrq?_a=BAMAMiZW0"}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/nestjsdevs","name":"Nestjs Developers"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nestjs Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/nestjsdevs"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Stop Writing REST APIs From Scratch in 2025"}]} ```