Local First & Mobile Development with Expo InstantDB 2025-11-15 | Beto from Expo came by the Instant offices to talk about building apps on Expo, especially local-first apps!
InstantDB 1.0 is live! InstantDB 2026-04-10 | InstantDB 1.0 is here!Instant turns your favorite coding agent into a full-stack app builder. And we’re fully open sourceOur claim is that Instant is the best backend you could use for AI-coded apps.instantdb.com
GPT 5.3 Codex vs Claude 4.6 Opus: Counter-Strike Benchmark InstantDB 2026-02-05 | GPT 5.3 Codex vs Claude 4.6 Opus try to build multi-player Counter-Strike!
GPT 5.2 Builds Counter-Strike InstantDB 2025-12-11 | GPT 5.2 just came out. How well will it do building...multiplayer Counter Strike?We try and find out here.✨ Sign up today for Instant to build your own multiplayer apps! bit.ly/instantgpt520:00 Intro1:16 Prompt 1: Boxes and Physics5:12 Prompt 2: Characters6:35 Prompt 3: Gun8:13 Prompt 4: Sounds10:19 Prompt 5: Backend Positions12:34 Prompt 6: Backend Shots13:52 Prompt 7: Backend Multiple maps18:26 Prompt 8: Bonus 20:52 Prompt 9: De Dust 2!
Codex vs Opus vs Gemini: The Battle for Counter-Strike InstantDB 2025-11-27 | In the last week we’ve had three major model updates: Gemini 3 Pro, Codex Max 5.1, Claude Opus 4.5. We thought we’d give them a challenge:Build a basic version of Counter Strike. The game had to be a 3D UI and it had to be multiplayer✨ Sign up today for Instant to build your own multiplayer apps! bit.ly/instant3models0:00 Intro1:33 Setup4:24 Challenge 1: Boxes and Physics8:27 Challenge 2: Characters10:51 Challenge 3: Gun14:34 Challenge 4: Music16:59 Challenge 5: Multiplayer Positions26:38 Challenge 6: Multiplayer Shooting34:11 Challenge 7: A List of Maps48:15 Final Versions
A History of Haters InstantDB 2025-11-17 | This is a talk recording from last week's Local first meetup with Expo and InstantDB. Stopa presents "A History of Haters". Why is that programming seems to suffer from a kind of imposter syndrome?Every time new tech comes, practitioners think it's not _real_ programming.In this talk he goes all the back to the 1920s to find an answer.
Build a todo app with InstantDB InstantDB 2025-10-28 | Sign up and start building today at instantdb.comSee the code at github.com/instantdb/instant-examples/tree/main/todosTimestamps00:00 Intro00:36 1. Feature Overview00:50 2. Scaffold App02:35 3. Create Schema05:02 4. Render Todos16:20 5. Create Todos21:30 6. Delete Todos30:18 7. Toggle Todos33:47 8. Add Online Users37:29 9. Add UI43:47 10. Conclusion
Founding Firebase with James Tamplin InstantDB 2025-09-29 | We grew up building on top of Firebase, how was it like to build Firebase itself? Join us for a cozy chat with James Tamplin, the founder of Firebase to find out. We start from the beginnings, go over the (three!) pivots that led to Firebase, and the lessons along the way.0:02:43 Origins0:08:34 Meeting Andrew0:11:57 College & Acting0:22:15 The First Startup: Touch ID for iPhones0:29:09 The Second Startup: Social Media for Things0:36:32 Perseverance in Pivots0:42:41 The Third Startup: API for Chat0:45:08 The Firebase Call0:50:03 The First 8 Months0:54:14 Building Community0:57:32 Team & Culture1:01:08 Acquisitions1:06:48 After Firebase1:08:53 Kradle1:11:02 Q&A
Many Mini Apps Commercal InstantDB 2025-09-18 | Try it yourself : )Powered by InstantDB (instantdb.com)
One-shotting a full-stack app with Claude Code InstantDB 2025-08-28 | We used `create-instant-app --ai` to one-shot a realtime, alien-themed chiptunes maker. This is the demo : )Learn more how this works at InstantDB instantdb.com
The create-instant-app commercial InstantDB 2025-08-28 | This is our commercial for create-instant-app. Vibe code full-stack apps with Claude. Get a backend without signing up : ).
Build Fullstack Apps Fast with Claude and Instant InstantDB 2025-08-22 | Build apps directly in your terminal with Claude Code and InstantDB? Want to try it yourself? Check out the instructions at instantdb.com/tutorialChapters:00:00 Intro00:21 Create Instant App00:49 Claude Code01:03 Three Apps02:42 Habit Tracker v103:57 Trivia v104:55 Habit Tracker v206:26 Job board v108:03 Trivia v208:33 Habit Tracker v310:25 Trivia Final12:30 Job board Final13:02 Habit Tracker Final13:30 Overview
