Published in Better Programming·1 day agoBuild Scalable Event-Driven Applications With Nest.jsAn in-depth guide to this fantastic functionality — In this article, I want to chat about elements of scalable event-driven applications available to developers with the Nest.js framework. I will demonstrate how easy it is to get going with a modern framework for building backend Node.js applications. Agenda What is Nest.js? How Does Nest.js Help Build Highly-Scalable Apps? Demo App and…Programming11 min readProgramming11 min read
Published in Better Programming·Oct 8Validating Complex Requests With NestJSA practical example — In this article, I want to make a deep dive and explore ways to perform complex validation for incoming requests with NestJS. NestJS provides a great way to integrate request validation into your app with some good defaults. …Java Script8 min readJava Script8 min read
Published in Better Programming·Sep 15Improve Response Time by 10x by Introducing an Interceptor In Nest.jsA hands-on implementation with benchmark comparisons — Writing scalable and fast APIs can be a challenge, and today I want to introduce you to a technique I implement in NestJS (Node.js) applications that have to process a high volume of incoming requests. This approach is used for a specific use case — when your API executes some…Java Script7 min readJava Script7 min read
Published in DevOps.dev·Sep 9CI/CD Pipeline to Push Docker Image to a Private AWS ECR With CircleCIThere are a few tools that I’ve tried for automating deployments for my hobby and side projects (read — cheap and/or free): Jenkins + Ansible GitHub Actions CircleCI This article will be focused on my CircleCI experience and I will set up a simple workflow to build and push my…AWS5 min readAWS5 min read
Sep 53 Ways for Senior Backend Engineers To GrowFollowing my previous article “9 ways for Mid Backend Engineers to grow”, I want to share some more advice I have for senior engineers. You should still maintain a high level of work with all the points mentioned above. Apart from being good at them, you also possess a more…Software Development3 min readSoftware Development3 min read
Sep 39 Ways for Mid Backend Engineers To GrowWhen you’ve already landed your dream job, you can sometimes forget that the software developer needs to constantly expand his skills both deep and wide. Not only engineering but also communicative skills are critical in teamwork. In this article, I will share my recommendations for continuing developers to work and…Software Development7 min readSoftware Development7 min read
Aug 31Monolith vs. Microservices. Why Not Both?When do you have such a decision? Usually, when you join a team, they already have a workflow and stack you will have to adhere to. So realistically — you have this decision only when you start a new project. There are 2 kinds of new projects I think: the…Microservices4 min readMicroservices4 min read
Aug 27Docker Container Roles Pattern for NestJS AppsIn this story, I will show you how I build small-to-medium-sized NestJS applications using a hybrid monolith pattern. I have one repository, and one docker container with the whole app, but each container is a separate application, almost like it was deployed from another repo! This is achieved by container…Nestjs5 min readNestjs5 min read
Aug 27Docker Container Roles Pattern for Laravel AppsIn this story, I will show you how I build small-to-large sized Laravel applications using a hybrid monolith pattern. I have one repository, and one docker container with the app, but each container is a separate application, almost like it was deployed from another repo! This is achieved by container…Laravel5 min readLaravel5 min read
Jul 26Laravel: Spot N+1 SQL Query Problems EarlyIn this article, I will describe my top favorite tools for spotting N+1 problems in database queries for Laravel projects. This will be helpful when developing new projects or when debugging slow responses from any legacy code you’d have to work with. Example objective We have devices in the wild (Device model)…Laravel3 min readLaravel3 min read