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Availability and Fault Tolerance: Because In Relationships (And Systems), You Want Both!

Aug 28, 2024 · 5 min read · In the world of computer systems, much like in relationships, reliability is everything. Nobody likes a system that flakes out on them, and we definitely don’t want systems that completely crash when things go wrong. Enter availability and fault tole...

Sequence Diagrams: A Simpler, Yet Critical Tool for Effective Software Engineering Communication & Delivery

Aug 20, 2024 · 5 min read · As software systems grow in complexity, understanding the interaction and data flow between various components becomes increasingly challenging. Sequence diagrams offer a powerful solution to this challenge, providing a clear and structured way to vi...

Simplifying API Client Development with Automated Pagination Links in REST APIs

Aug 13, 2024 · 5 min read · In today’s data-driven and AI world, REST APIs that return paginated data are a common necessity, especially when dealing with large datasets that can't reasonably fit into a single HTTP response body. However, there’s an often-overlooked aspect of A...

A Better & Developer-Friendly Approach To Typed API Handlers, Using Express & TypeScript

Aug 12, 2024 · 6 min read · In the world of Nodejs API development with Express and TypeScript, ensuring that your request and response objects are properly typed is crucial. Proper typing not only enhances code quality and reliability, but it also significantly improves the de...

Using Generics in Typescript to Ensure Symmetry in Function Argument Values

Apr 25, 2024 · 7 min read · Functions in JavaScript can take arguments and we can use Typescript to enforce a type on each argument, such that we would get build time errors if the function gets called with arguments of the wrong type. What can be tricky and often elusive with ...