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Why This Node.js Developer Is Excited About FastAPI
After over a decade of building APIs with Express.js, I recently dove into FastAPI for a client project. What I found was a framework...
Andrew Aarestad
May 273 min read
The Startup Monorepo Trifecta: Web, Mobile, and Serverless
As a startup, you have to balance building a maintainable and scalable tech stack with the need to keep things lean and market-focused. Monorepos are a great way to achieve this!
Andrew Aarestad
Apr 123 min read
My New Monorepo GitOps Workflow
The Problem with My Old Workflow For years, I've been using a GitFlow -inspired workflow with environment-specific branches that trigger...
Andrew Aarestad
Mar 252 min read
Can Businesses Trust Open Source? Beyond Licenses and Legal Concerns
WordPress drama, #WPDrama, WPEngine vs Automattic and Matt Mullenwig… There are many ways that you could describe the recent war of words...
Josh Broton
Jan 285 min read
Monorepos vs. Microservices: Exploring the Trade-offs in Backend Architecture
In the world of backend system architecture, choosing the right approach is as much about context as it is about technology.
Seth Uschuk
Jan 64 min read
Before We Code: A Product Development Checklist
Founders often come to us with a product vision and a burning excitement to start development. They're ready to dive in and start...
Andrew Aarestad
Dec 1, 20243 min read
Design + Engineering: The Case for Collaboration
When design and engineering come together, great things can happen—but what makes that collaboration work?
Seth Uschuk
Nov 25, 20243 min read
10 Things I Learned at my First Software Development Job
Starting my first software development job has been an exciting, sometimes scary, terrific journey.
Clinton Fobert
Nov 14, 20243 min read
Spam GPT
Using the power of large language models to detect spam comments
Andrew Aarestad
Aug 3, 20234 min read
In The Kitchen With OpenAI: Prepare A Personalized AI Assistant Using ChatGPT
One of the key strengths of ChatGPT is its ability to store key details within a given conversation.
Seth Uschuk
May 16, 20234 min read
GitHub Copilot: A Game-Changing Tool for Developers, Or Just The Latest Trend?
How GitHub's AI Assistant Improved My Workflow
Seth Uschuk
Apr 20, 20234 min read
Unit Testing Node.js with tsyringe and TypeORM
Get the code for this tutorial here: https://github.com/hypercolor/typeorm-unit-testing I've been using TypeORM for my Node.js database...
Andrew Aarestad
Jan 31, 20233 min read
Noisy Notifications
When was the last time you turned off push notifications for a noisy app? Mobile apps live and die by their permissions. Sending pushes...
Andrew Aarestad
Dec 5, 20221 min read
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