When Mongoose Virtuals Disappear: Understanding the Lean() Tradeoff
Feb 19 · 4 min read · While developing my campground listing application, I encountered a subtle but instructive issue involving Mongoose virtual fields. The schema was properly defined, the virtual property was implemente
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Building a Backend REST API
Feb 16 · 3 min read · Introduction When I started learning backend development, one thing that confused me was how everything connects behind the scenes — from an incoming request to storing data and sending a response back.In this blog, I’ll share my approach to building...
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Jan 23 · 2 min read · Node.js is a powerful and versatile runtime environment that allows developers to execute JavaScript code on the server side. It is built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, making it fast and efficient for building scalable network applications. Node....
Join discussionHow To Validate Your Express Payloads With Zod?
Dec 13, 2025 · 6 min read · You don’t know what will come in your payloads. When working with req.body, can you really be sure it contains all the fields you expect? No. You are completely unaware of what is coming in the payload. This is a common problem that almost every Expr...
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How I got AI to talk like a pirate about Python
Dec 9, 2025 · 3 min read · Here is a snippet from Pirate Johnarry Silver about the History of Python. Using OpenAI and gpt-5.1 model and some clever prompt instructions via an express app, I got ai to be an informative pirate. It’s quite simple really and its all within the in...
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From Express to NestJS: The Architecture-First Approach That Changed How I Build Backends
Nov 25, 2025 · 14 min read · I'll never forget the moment I realized my Express codebase had become a maintenance nightmare. It was 2 AM, and I was hunting through seven different files trying to figure out where a single API endpoint was actually processing data. The route was...
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🚀 Setting Up a Basic Express Server
Nov 19, 2025 · 3 min read · If you're starting out with backend development in Node.js, Express is the first framework you'll likely touch — and for good reason. It’s lightweight, unopinionated, and lets you get a server running in minutes. This guide walks you through setting ...
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From Localhost to the World: Sharing Your Express.js App Instantly
Nov 11, 2025 · 6 min read · I've been knee-deep in Node.js projects for years now, and Express.js remains one of those tools that just clicks, lightweight, no-nonsense, and endlessly adaptable. It's the kind of framework that lets you spin up a server in minutes, tinker with ro...
Join discussionThe Prisma Bug That's Silently Crashing Your Next.js App (And How to Fix It)
Nov 3, 2025 · 4 min read · So, you've started a new project with the dream team: Next.js and Prisma. The developer experience is fantastic, your queries are type-safe, and everything feels modern and fast. You're deep in focus, building out a new service file. You hit save. Th...
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