Apr 3, 2025 · 5 min read · At Platformatic, we’ve always believed it’s paramount — and already started to invest in — addressing the foundations of caching, both for engineering and business operations teams. What we built is a simple interface to both add and invalidate cachi...
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Mar 11, 2025 · 9 min read · Over the last year, there has been incredible hype around AI and how it will supposedly replace developers. I would have been a fool not to investigate whether there was any truth to this claim. Therefore, I embarked on a journey to learn about Claud...
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Mar 6, 2025 · 6 min read · Serverless architectures promised to eliminate infrastructure concerns: no server management, seamless scaling, and reduced operational overhead. But in reality, many teams find themselves dealing with unexpected complexity, higher costs, and perform...
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Feb 21, 2025 · 7 min read · It’s peak traffic time. Your Node.js application is handling thousands of requests per second. Suddenly, your Kubernetes cluster starts randomly killing pods. Latency spikes. Requests pile up. Your dashboard lights up like a Christmas tree—but nobod...
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Feb 18, 2025 · 6 min read · Picture this: You’re an engineering manager at a fast-growing SaaS company, managing the infrastructure for a financial analytics platform during quarterly earnings season. The markets are buzzing, and your users—investors, analysts, and institutions...
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Feb 14, 2025 · 10 min read · Disclaimer: While we are using tax season and fintech applications as an example in this blog, the insights and strategies discussed apply to any Node.js application experiencing high traffic periods. Tax season is here, and with it comes one of the ...
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Dec 12, 2024 · 5 min read · Adaptability is a critical quality for a Node.js application to have in order to gracefully handle unexpected traffic spikes, infrastructure failures, and other unforeseen challenges. In this blog series, we are exploring the three key pillars for bu...
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Dec 4, 2024 · 4 min read · Next.js is a popular React framework that enables you to build both static and server-side rendered applications. It’s an excellent choice for creating websites that need to be fast and SEO-friendly. However, like all frontend frameworks, it faces si...
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Dec 3, 2024 · 10 min read · Picture this: We are working at a global online retailer. It’s 11:59pm on 28 November. The clock strikes midnight, marking the beginning of Black Friday. Our website and app go live with its biggest deals of the year. Thousands of users flood the sit...
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Nov 27, 2024 · 7 min read · Originally released in 2018, the modern HTTP client library for Node.js—Undici—has seen remarkable growth in 2024. Downloads skyrocketed from over 189 million in 2023 to a staggering >437 million (January–November 2024), highlighting its critical rol...
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