CSChintan Shahinchintanshah35.hashnode.dev路May 29 路 7 min readwinston vs pino in 2026: A Production-Tested ComparisonI ran both winston and pino in production Node.js APIs over the past two years. Both are excellent. Both are well-maintained. Both have millions of weekly downloads. But they're built for different pr00
CSChintan Shahinchintanshah35.hashnode.dev路Mar 7 路 8 min readlogfx v1.0.0: One Logger for Development and ProductionTL;DR logfx v1.0.0 gives you one logger instance that outputs pretty, readable logs in development and structured JSON in production. No config. Zero dependencies. 13 integrations for Datadog, Elastic00
CSChintan Shahinchintanshah35.hashnode.dev路Jan 30 路 7 min readIntroducing handlejson v1.0.0: Production-Ready JSON Parsing Without Try-CatchThe Problem Every Developer Knows Every JavaScript developer has written this code: let data try { data = JSON.parse(str) } catch { data = null } API responses, localStorage, user input - same pattern everywhere. After writing this one too many ...00
CSChintan Shahinchintanshah35.hashnode.dev路Jan 27 路 6 min readType-Safe Environment Variables That Fail Fast: envconfig-kitEvery environment variable you read from `process.env` is a string. Even when it shouldn't be. const dbPort = process.env.DB_PORT // This is a string const enableCache = process.env.ENABLE_CACHE // This is also a string When you set `ENABLE_CACHE=fa...00
CSChintan Shahinchintanshah35.hashnode.dev路Jan 17 路 9 min readlogfx: Beautiful Console Logging That Actually Makes Sense馃帀 Updated New Version Available: logfx v0.5.0 is now available with Express middleware, Fastify plugin, color themes, file rotation, and 15+ production features. Read in whats-new-in-v0.5.0 section at the end. Tired of boring console logs? Want some...00
