Automate Node.js Version Bumps with GitHub Actions (No Manual PRs Needed)

Manually bumping a package version is one of those low-value chores that's easy to forget, easy to mess up, and just annoying enough to interrupt your flow. You change package.json, regenerate the ...

16 Modern JavaScript Features That Might Blow Your Mind

Ah, what a time to be alive! As usual, I’ve taken way too much on my plate — there were just too many things that looked interesting 😄 Right now I feel like I have ten parallel storylines running ...

From Zero to Full-Stack: Getting Started with Your First MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js,...

Have you ever wondered how websites are built from the ground up? A web application is like a house. You need a solid foundation, a frame, plumbing, and a beautiful interior. In the software world,...

Build a production-ready SaaS app (that will scale!)

Thinking of building a SaaS application? This starter template will help you create a scalable and production ready application using Encore.ts and Next.js. It uses Clerk for authentication, has a ...

Web Development Is More Than Frontend and Backend (Here’s What Actually Matters)

HTML, CSS, JavaScript on one side. APIs, databases, Node.js on the other. If I could move data from the backend to the UI, I thought I was “doing web development.”

Git Blamed Me, CSS Gaslit Me, Node Ghosted Me, React Re-rendered My Trauma

I have been writing code long enough to remember when “version control” meant emailing final_final_v3_REAL.zip. The compiler may be strict. The runtime may be brutal. But the frontend stack?

How Seriously Should We Take State of JS and Other Developer Surveys?

There was a time when I treated State of JS results almost like prophecy. A new edition dropped and I’d read it with excitement, looking for the future of JavaScript hidden somewhere in those charts.

Why Most Developer Startups Fail Before Launch: The Brutal Truths Nobody Tells You

I've watched hundreds of developer startups die quiet deaths. Not dramatic explosions covered by TechCrunch. Not cautionary tales shared at conferences. Just slow, silent fadeouts that nobody notic...

Express Setup: Simple & Scalable

There are a few things conventional wisdom has taught us to do when making an Express microservice, from the layout of our source files to how we document the code we're writing. I'll be honest: I ...

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Send Transactional Emails in Node.js with Convex and AutoSend API

Every business needs to send transactional emails at some point. Transactional emails are the very foundation of an online communication framework that works towards users from a business. What are...

Yes, true + true === 2. And No, JavaScript Isn’t Broken

JavaScript has been my main work language for years now (and of course these days it’s mostly TypeScript 😉). I started working with it before ES6, back when the language felt a lot more “primitive...

I remember the exact moment I realized that being a great developer and building a successful...

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I Built an Email Validation Library and Published It on npm. Here's Everything I Learned

Hey, I'm Muhammad Ali Kazmi, a Full Stack Developer from Karachi, Pakistan with 5+ years of experience building web applications. I've worked on everything from AI-powered SaaS platforms to fintech...

Building a Fully Generic GET Engine — A Scalable Approach to Dynamic Querying

In fast-growing systems, the simplest operation — fetching data — slowly becomes one of the hardest to maintain. Every new entity requires its own GET endpoint, its own filters, its own search logi...

From Idea to Launch: How Developers Can Build Successful Startups

I remember the exact moment I realized that being a great developer and building a successful startup were two completely different skill sets. It was 2 AM on a Tuesday, I was three months into my ...

Build an AI-Powered Instagram Sentiment Analyzer with Node.js

If you manage a brand account on Instagram, you know the struggle. You post a Reel, it goes viral, and suddenly you have 5,000 comments. Manually reading 5,000 comments is impossible. But with a li...

Encore Cloud 2.0 - Development Platform for the AI Era

We started Encore five years ago because developers were spending too much time configuring infrastructure and jumping through hoops, not building products. That problem persists. AI agents can now...

Embed HTML into Word Documents with docx.js the Easy Way

Some time ago I was struggling with generating Word documents dynamically in Node.js. I was using the docx library, which is great, but it was missing one feature I really needed.

How to handle large file uploads

In this article, we’ll go over how you can handle large files in your Node.js applications using various large file uploading techniques. These techniques can also be applied to other programming ...