COChinedu Otutuinfreecodecamp.org·Sep 4 · 27 min readHow to Build a Scholarship Research MCP Server with Node.js, Express, and MongoDBScholarship hunting is a research job, not a single search box. You filter awards by field, GPA, citizenship, and deadline. You keep a shortlist. You write notes about essays and recommenders. Then yo00
COChinedu Otutuinfreecodecamp.org·Sep 1 · 10 min readWhy You Should Never Send Emails Inside Your API RequestsYour signup endpoint looks fine in development. A user registers, you save the row, you call your email provider, and you return 201 Created. Everyone gets a welcome email. You ship it. Then productio00
COChinedu Otutuinfreecodecamp.org·Aug 24 · 20 min readHow to Build Type-Safe APIs with Hono and ZodIf you've shipped a Node.js API before, you already know this pain: your TypeScript types say one thing, your runtime validation says another, and your OpenAPI docs quietly disagree with both. Someone00
