Building an IBAN Validation API with Hono, SQLite, and MCP published: true
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Building an IBAN Validation API with Hono, SQLite, and MCP I recently shipped IBANforge, a free API for IBAN validation and BIC/SWIFT lookup. In this article, I'll walk through the key architectural decisions and share real code from the project. ## Why Hono Over Express When I started IBANforge, I considered Express, Fastify, and Hono. I went with Hono for three reasons: Performance -- Hono is built for edge runtimes and benchmarks significantly faster than Express on Node.js