by mguay | Apr 13, 2026 | DevOps, NestJS, Post
We recently enabled gzip compression in front of one of our NestJS services using Istio, and the improvement was immediate. The biggest win was on larger JSON responses. Our API was returning payloads that were fairly repetitive and very compressible, so once gzip was...
by mguay | Mar 19, 2026 | Lecture, NestJS
Build type-safe APIs with NestJS and oRPC — define shared contracts with Zod, implement validated CRUD endpoints, and auto-generate OpenAPI docs in a Turborepo monorepo. Includes full-stack React frontend integration with TanStack Query for complete end-to-end type...
by mguay | Feb 13, 2026 | Lecture, NestJS
Everything you need to start load testing with k6. Covers the core concepts - virtual users, stages, checks, and thresholds - then puts them into practice by testing a live REST API. You'll learn how to define custom metrics, tag requests for granular analysis, use...
by mguay | Dec 27, 2025 | NestJS, Post, TanStack
Introduction In modern full-stack development, maintaining type safety across frontend and backend can be challenging. Different teams might duplicate type definitions, leading to inconsistencies and runtime errors. In this guide, we’ll explore how to create a...
by mguay | Nov 24, 2025 | Lecture, NestJS, Next.js, Project
In this 3-hour, full-stack build, we create an AI chatbot from scratch using NestJS and Next.js. You’ll learn how to harness the Vercel AI SDK + Gateway to stream messages in real time, execute tool calls, and persist conversations with Drizzle ORM. By the end, you’ll...
by mguay | Oct 29, 2025 | NestJS, Post
Writing Clean, Decoupled Code with the Strategy Pattern One of the biggest signs of a mature backend developer is understanding how to decouple high-level business logic from low-level implementation details. That’s exactly what the Dependency Inversion Principle...
