Inspiration
Modern cloud backends suffer from repetitive boilerplate and brittle operational plumbing. We wanted to build a lean, opinionated skeleton framework where developers can bootstrap resilient REST and WebSocket microservices without wasting days on wiring boilerplate code.
What it does
GhostStack provides a deterministic, spec-driven scaffolding CLI. It integrates automated health telemetry, circuit-breaking middleware, and containerized deployment templates out-of-the-box, ensuring zero-config self-healing capabilities for distributed backend services.
How we built it
GhostStack was built natively using Kiro CLI and Kiro IDE. We leveraged Kiro's steering rules and agent specifications in the /.kiro directory to generate rigorous interface types, automated test harnesses, and container configs.
Challenges we ran into
Balancing an ultra-minimal footprint with comprehensive recovery middleware, especially orchestrating asynchronous worker queues under strict memory constraints.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Achieving sub-second cold starts while maintaining full observability and automated failure rollback across multi-container topologies.
What's next for GhostStack
Extending native Kubernetes Helm charts, adding automated schema drift detectors, and integrating distributed tracing hooks into the Kiro agent workflow.
