4d ago · 5 min read · A 14-Second Build Dropped to 3 Seconds, Then Everything Else Went Wrong Six months ago, our API was a standard Express + TypeScript setup running on Node.js 22. It worked fine. Builds were slow, cold starts were sluggish, and our CI pipeline took 8 m...
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Mar 28 · 8 min read · Spry with Bun: Running Dart Servers on the Fast JavaScript Runtime Learn how to deploy your Spry Dart applications on Bun—the incredibly fast JavaScript runtime—and leverage its native performance, built‑in tools, and seamless TypeScript compatibili...
Join discussionMar 9 · 8 min read · The benchmarks are real. I just didn't expect them to matter less than everything else. My team — four engineers, one of whom is constitutionally allergic to anything not boring and battle-tested — runs a mid-sized API service that handles about 12,0...
Join discussionMar 7 · 5 min read · For a long time, I thought Node.js was the final destination for backend JavaScript. That was until last month when I finally gave Bun and Deno a serious try. I suddenly realized that optimizing confi
Join discussionMar 4 · 5 min read · Hono (Japanese for "flame") is a small, fast, and multi-runtime web framework that has become one of the most talked-about tools in the TypeScript ecosystem. It runs on Cloudflare Workers, Bun, Deno, Node.js, AWS Lambda, Fastly Compute, and more — us...
Join discussionMar 3 · 5 min read · TypeScript Tooling: Compiler Options, Runtimes, and Monorepo Setup TypeScript's value proposition is simple: catch bugs before they reach production. But the tooling around TypeScript has grown sprawling enough that configuring it well is a skill in ...
Join discussionMar 3 · 6 min read · Testing Frameworks Compared: Jest, Vitest, Bun Test, and Playwright Choosing a test framework used to be simple: you picked Jest. Now there are genuinely good alternatives, each with different strengths. This guide compares the main options, covers d...
Join discussionMar 3 · 7 min read · JavaScript Package Managers in 2026: npm, pnpm, Yarn, and Bun Four package managers, one registry, and a lot of opinions. npm is the default that ships with Node.js. pnpm saves disk space and enforces correctness. Yarn Berry reimagined how dependenci...
Join discussionMar 3 · 8 min read · Monorepo Tools Compared: Turborepo, Nx, and Bun Workspaces Monorepos are no longer controversial. Most teams with more than two related packages eventually consolidate into a single repository. The question isn't whether to use a monorepo -- it's whi...
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