Category: Framework
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We Switched from Axios to Undici
In our continuous quest for improved performance and scalability, our engineering team recently transitioned from Axios to Undici, a modern HTTP client tailored for Node.js. While Axios served us well, it started showing performance limitations in our high-concurrency microservices architecture. By switching to Undici, we’ve significantly enhanced the speed and efficiency of our service interactions.…
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Goodbye create-react-app. Hello Vite
I have been using create-react-app probably since it was created. But recently I have been tired of slow development and build times when working with React applications. Vite is a modern build tool that is designed to optimize the development experience for front-end developers. It is lightweight, easy to use, and blazingly fast. One of…
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How to build a browser extension for chrome using React
Are you interested in building browser extensions for Chrome? If you’re also familiar with React, then you’re in luck! In this blog post, we’ll discuss how to build a browser extension for Chrome or Chromium-based browsers using React. By the end of this article, you should have a fair understanding of how to set up…
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How to GraphQL on NodeJS. Quickly get started with these resources
1 – A bit of history about GraphQL and how it started 2 – GraphQL vs. REST https://www.apollographql.com/blog/graphql/basics/graphql-vs-rest/ 3 – GraphQL full course – Novice to expert. An amazing lecture on the @freeCodeCamp YouTube channel. Really well explained and helps you understand core concepts (backend and frontend) 4 – Building modern APIs with GraphQL. Amazing…
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Understanding Kubernetes and its components
Horizontal scaling is amazing when it comes to scaling software in the cloud and with the current state of cloud services, it is really easy to scale solutions horizontally. Kubernetes (aka, k8s) has made it really easy to manage containers and scale a software solution The name Kubernetes originates from Greek, meaning helmsman or pilot.…