BFFs for Swift

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Claims a Backend‑for‑Frontend implemented in Swift replaces tens or hundreds of client calls with a single endpoint and concrete gains in performance and dev velocity, with examples from SoundCloud, Netflix, Allegro and Amazon Prime cited; shows a Swift BFF that cuts ~400 network calls to one for a homescreen, uses Codable shared models and Swift Package Manager to share the same model code on client and server, reduces context switching, and runs in production to simplify networking and speed iteration.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:34Legacy API
3. 1:42Microservices
4. 2:47APIs
5. 6:46BFF
6. 7:48BFFs
7. 9:29Examples
8. 10:17Picking a language
9. 11:06Swift on the server
10. 12:43Shared model package
11. 13:13Codable types

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