Options for Handling Form Submissions Without a Back End

Options for Handling Form Submissions Without a Back End(devmatter.app)

2 points by adityavinodh 319 days ago | 5 comments

baobun 319 days ago |

Last time i was looking for something as simple as possible and available everywhere I cared I landed on ruby (not rails) CGI with Forms and hooked it up to whichever http server was lying around. I expect it to keep running with minimal maintenance in 20 years.

adityavinodh 319 days ago | |

That's great for most people. I wanted a little more - a notification on my phone when I got a submissions. Unfortunately setting this up is pretty annoying, and nobody else was doing it. They were only doing email and slack notifications which I didn't like as it just cluttered my inbox.

baobun 318 days ago | | |

It's just as easy to have that CGI script call some webhook to send it to whatever push gateway, email, some chatbot, etc.

adityavinodh 319 days ago |

Forms are everywhere: contact forms, support forms, feedback forms, ...

For startups, it is important to monitor and quickly respond to events like sign ups or form submissions. This post explains the different options to handle form submissions without managing the backend yourself.