by mguay | Apr 10, 2025 | NestJS, Node.js, Post
HTTP Keep-Alive, also known as HTTP persistent connection, is the practice of reusing a single TCP connection to send multiple HTTP requests and responses, instead of opening a new connection for every request (HTTP persistent connection – Wikipedia). In modern...
by mguay | Mar 21, 2025 | Lecture, NestJS, Next.js
In this hands-on lecture, you'll master full-stack authentication using Clerk, seamlessly integrating Next.js on the frontend and NestJS on the backend in just 20 minutes. You'll quickly understand how Clerk simplifies authentication flows—from signup to login—while...
by mguay | Mar 18, 2025 | DevOps, Node.js, Post
Introduction In Node.js development, one of the key architectural decisions is whether to build your application as a monolithic unit or as a collection of microservices. A monolithic architecture means your entire application (UI, server-side logic, database access,...
by mguay | Mar 6, 2025 | DevOps, Post
Large test suites in Node.js and React projects can significantly slow down your continuous integration (CI) pipeline. Jest already runs tests in parallel on a single machine using worker processes, but for very large suites you may need to parallelize across multiple...
by mguay | Feb 20, 2025 | Lecture, NestJS, Next.js
In this lecture, you'll learn how to build an event-driven architecture that seamlessly connects a NestJS backend with a Next.js UI using EventEmitter and Server-Sent Events (SSE). By the end of this lecture, you'll have a fully functional event-driven system, where...
