How the repositories are connected to each other?

• https://github.com/basexhq/front-end
• https://github.com/basexhq/back-end
• https://github.com/basexhq/esgtbl-smart-contract (private, this is due to potential API keys or other sensitive info in the repo, will need to do some cleanup before making public)

Front-end

Vercel.

Back-end

Heroku.

It used to be cyclic but issues with SQLite and serverless

https://www.cyclic.sh/

(contrary Vercel it allows to run Express in server mode, as opposed to serverless)

Decentralization

Progressive Decentralization: A Playbook for Building Crypto Applications | Andreessen Horowitz

The Gluing Manifesto