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I got tired of wiring the same caching stack every project, so I built LayerCache

날다람쥐2d ago • 5 min read

I got tired of wiring the same caching stack every project, so I built LayerCache

Every Node.js service I've worked on hits the same caching wall. It always starts the same way. You...

#node#typescript#redis#opensource

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Your API is down - now what? Capturing failure context in Node.js

Riyon Sebastian3d ago • 6 min read

Your API is down - now what? Capturing failure context in Node.js

Most monitoring tools tell you one thing "Your API is down." That's useful. But only...

#webdev#node#monitoring#debugging

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How to Create Multi-Page TIFF Files in Node.js (Without ImageMagick)

Yatin Davra6d ago • 2 min read

How to Create Multi-Page TIFF Files in Node.js (Without ImageMagick)

If you've ever tried to create a multi-page TIFF in Node.js, you know the pain. Most solutions...

#node#javascript#webdev#npm

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Debugging Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY Is Finally Pleasant

Rohith Gilla6d ago • 5 min read

Debugging Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY Is Finally Pleasant

I have written the same 40-line Node script to debug a Postgres LISTEN channel at least six times......

#postgres#realtime#node#tutorial

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What "production-ready" really means for a NestJS backend

Sergey6d ago • 1 min read

What "production-ready" really means for a NestJS backend

Three weeks ago I shared an early version of this project and got a lot of thoughtful feedback. I'v...

#architecture#backend#devops#node

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I Built a Self-Hosted Auth System Like Clerk — Here's What I Learned

Juma Paul2d ago • 3 min read

I Built a Self-Hosted Auth System Like Clerk — Here's What I Learned

Every serious project needs authentication. As someone early in my career, I kept running into the.....

#authentication#webdev#softwareengineering#node

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How the Multi-Agent Swarm Actually Works

Laurent DeSegur6d ago • 20 min read

How the Multi-Agent Swarm Actually Works

Claude Code can run multiple agents at the same time. A leader agent orchestrates workers that run i...

#ai#agents#architecture#node

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I Was Targeted by a DPRK-Linked Supply Chain Attack via LinkedIn. Here's Exactly How It Worked.

Sharang Parnerkar4d ago • 5 min read

I Was Targeted by a DPRK-Linked Supply Chain Attack via LinkedIn. Here's Exactly How It Worked.

Last week I caught a sophisticated supply-chain attack targeting developers before it could execute....

#security#javascript#node#webdev

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I built a CLI that roasts HTTP status codes instead of just logging them

Bhabishya Bhatt2d ago • 5 min read

I built a CLI that roasts HTTP status codes instead of just logging them

Terminal output during local dev is boring. A 500 error scrolls by as a single dim line and you...

#node#typescript#cli#opensource

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Everyone Can Vibe Code. Do You Know What's Under the Hood?

Paolo6d ago • 5 min read

Everyone Can Vibe Code. Do You Know What's Under the Hood?

A deep dive into Node.js internals — V8, libuv, Turbofan JIT, and why TypeScript is not just about.....

#node#typescript#javascript#software

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Towards an Open Source Print-Ready Publication Library in JavaScript

Kemal Deniz Teket6d ago • 8 min read

Towards an Open Source Print-Ready Publication Library in JavaScript

Building paragraf: a typesetter with industry-standard methods for print-ready publication quality.....

#javascript#typescript#opensource#node

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What 628,000 Flights Taught Me About Cancellations (And Why They're Harder to Track Than You Think)

José Catalá1d ago • 7 min read

What 628,000 Flights Taught Me About Cancellations (And Why They're Harder to Track Than You Think)

Flight cancellations look simple from the outside: a flight was scheduled, it didn't happen, it show...

#node#javascript#webdev#aviation

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Aviv Cohen4d ago • 12 min read

Add HTTP/3 to Your Node.js App

Let's start with a question: when was the last time you thought about what protocol your Node.js...

#webdev#node#javascript

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I built LoreData: a mock data generator with characters from Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and other universes.

Orchid FilesApr 13, 2026 • 3 min read

I built LoreData: a mock data generator with characters from Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and other universes.

In product demos, you often see names like John Doe, Jane Smith, Test User, and random emails like.....

#opensource#typescript#node#webdev

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How I Built a Live Server Monitoring Dashboard From Scratch in One Night

Arnav Bansal2d ago • 3 min read

How I Built a Live Server Monitoring Dashboard From Scratch in One Night

It was 9 PM. The competition had just gone live. The challenge: "Prometheus + Grafana + alerts. Mak...

#node#monitoring

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WebRTC Works Great in Demos. In Production, It Falls Apart. Here's the Fix.

Aviv Cohen4d ago • 8 min read

WebRTC Works Great in Demos. In Production, It Falls Apart. Here's the Fix.

You've seen the WebRTC demo. Two browsers, a few lines of code, and suddenly there's a video call...

#webrtc#node#webdev#javascript

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Solving School Timetabling with Physics: A Simulated Annealing Approach 🏫⚛️

JefteMartins4d ago • 2 min read

Solving School Timetabling with Physics: A Simulated Annealing Approach 🏫⚛️

Solving a school schedule is a classic NP-Hard problem. You have hard constraints (teacher...

#programming#javascript#algorithms#node

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I Built a Phone Number Validator & Formatter API for 50+ Countries — Day 6 of 21

Ruan Muller5d ago • 3 min read

I Built a Phone Number Validator & Formatter API for 50+ Countries — Day 6 of 21

Day 6 of my 21-day API challenge is done. Yesterday I built an Email Validator. Today I built a...

#node#javascript#api#webdev

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I Built a RAG App That Chats With Any PDF — Here's How

Robins1636d ago • 9 min read

I Built a RAG App That Chats With Any PDF — Here's How

Build a RAG app from scratch with Node.js. Upload PDFs, images, docs and ask questions.

#ai#tutorial#node#webdev

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Setting GitHub as a trusted publisher for npm

Steve FentonApr 13, 2026 • 2 min read

Setting GitHub as a trusted publisher for npm

So, stuff happened and npm has been updated to reduce the volume of stuff happening. In a world of.....

#webdev#node#npm#github

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The Windows Bug That Hung Our CI Forever (And What Node's socket.end() Won't Tell You)

Clef.sh5d ago • 3 min read

The Windows Bug That Hung Our CI Forever (And What Node's socket.end() Won't Tell You)

Building Clef has a non-negotiable constraint: decrypted secrets never touch disk. Encryption and...

#node#testing#go#microsoft

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HTTP Cookies in the Wild Are a Mess — I Built a CLI That Eats Them

SEN LLC5d ago • 8 min read

HTTP Cookies in the Wild Are a Mess — I Built a CLI That Eats Them

HTTP Cookies in the Wild Are a Mess — I Built a CLI That Eats Them A zero-dependency...

#typescript#node#cookies#tutorial

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Quantum Computing for the Web Dev Who Never Studied Physics: When Should You Actually Worry?

Juan Torchia3d ago • 9 min read

Quantum Computing for the Web Dev Who Never Studied Physics: When Should You Actually Worry?

A 289-point HN post on quantum cryptography left me with a question I can't honestly answer: when sh...

#english#reflections#node#fullstack

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I Built a CLI Runner for VS Code's `.http` Files in ~500 Lines of TypeScript