Stop React Native Crashes: A Production-Ready Error Handling Guide
You are demonstrating your next mobile application idea to investors, and suddenly the application crashes. Now you are clueless whether it crashed due to bad WIFI at the venue, yo...
Read MoreTransforming Your Node.js REST API into an AI-Ready MCP Server
The evolution of large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI requires a fundamental shift in how applications expose their capabilities. Traditional REST APIs are designed for soft...
Read MoreWhen Offline Still Matters: Why Some Mobile Apps Work Without Wi-Fi — and Others Don’t
Ever been stranded with no Wi-Fi and suddenly discover that your go-to app is useless? You're sitting on a delayed flight, stuck in the middle of a subway tunnel commute, or out ca...
Read MoreBuild a Face-Matching ID Scanner With ReactJS and AI
Picture this: you’re building a web app that can verify someone’s identity by having them snap a selfie with their webcam and upload a photo of their ID. It’s like something out of...
Read MoreUsing TanStack Query for Scalable React Applications
When building React applications, data fetching often starts with the native fetch API or tools like Axios. While this approach works for small projects, larger applications requir...
Read MoreTerraform Compact Function: Clean Up and Simplify Lists
In Terraform, many configurations are dynamic, and you may build a list using conditional expressions that return null when not applicable. If those null values are passed directly...
Read MoreTuples and Records (Part 5): Performance Challenges
After exploring Tuples and Records in Parts 1–4—covering JavaScript syntax, immutability, value-based equality, performance benefits, and React optimizations—we now examine why thi...
Read MoreTuples and Records (Part 4): Optimize React and Prevent Re-Renders
Part 4 dives into React, showing how Tuples and Records can cut down unnecessary re-renders. By using immutable, value-based data structures, React can efficiently detect state cha...
Read MoreAI on the Fly: Real-Time Data Streaming From Apache Kafka to Live Dashboards
In the current fast-paced digital age, many data sources generate an unending flow of information, a never-ending torrent of facts and figures that, while perplexing when examined...
Read MoreFrom HTTP to Kafka: A Custom Source Connector
Recently, I came across an interesting scenario: one application had a cron job constantly polling an API for active offers, just to refresh a Redis cache that powered the offer vi...
Read MoreTuples and Records (Part 3): Potential ECMAScript Proposals
In Part 1, we introduced JavaScript’s Tuples and Records, highlighting their role as immutable data structures that bring predictability, performance, and safety into everyday deve...
Read MoreTuples and Records (Part 2): JavaScript Migration Guide
In Part 1 of this series, we explored JavaScript’s Tuples and Records, two immutable data structures designed to improve performance, predictability, and developer experience. We c...
Read MoreMaking String Search Easier Across Databases
Searching for information in applications is rarely as simple as matching an exact string. Users don’t always remember the full text; instead, they rely on fragments. When buying a...
Read MoreChange Data Capture for Apache Phoenix Stream
Apache Phoenix is an open-source, SQL skin over Apache HBase that enables lightning-fast OLTP (Online Transactional Processing) operations on petabytes of data using standard SQL q...
Read MoreTuples and Records (Part 1): What They Mean for JavaScript Performance and Predictability
JavaScript continually evolves to address modern development needs. Its latest updates often reflect trends in functional programming and immutable data handling. Two upcoming addi...
Read MoreOrchestrating Complex Workflows With XState
XState is a state orchestration and management library designed for JavaScript and TypeScript applications. It approaches complex logic through an event-driven model that combines...
Read MoreWhy Architecture Matters: Structuring Modern Web Apps
Modern web applications have become fundamental to delivering seamless and efficient services, especially in the public sector. Local governments face increasing demand to provide...
Read MoreCombine Node.js and WordPress Under One Domain
I have been working on a website that combines a custom Node.js application with a WordPress blog, and I am excited to share my journey. After trying out different hosting configur...
Read MoreReact Server Components in Next.js 15: A Deep Dive
React 19.1 and Next.js 15.3.2 have arrived, and React Server Components (RSC) are now officially a stable part of the React ecosystem and the Next.js framework. In this article, we...
Read MoreAutomating Node.js Deployments With a Custom CI/CD Server
It is possible that managing and deploying Node.js applications can become a bottleneck as projects grow. Having a properly designed Continuous Integration and Continuous Deploymen...
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