by mguay | Jul 26, 2026 | NestJS, Post
If you’ve ever inherited a codebase where business rules live inside route handlers, validation is copy-pasted across three controllers, and switching databases would mean a six-month rewrite — this article is for you. Clean Architecture, Domain-Driven Design...
by mguay | Jun 13, 2026 | NestJS, Post, React
I’ve built the same little CRUD app a dozen times to try out stacks. This time I wanted one thing above all else: a single source of truth for the API that the server and the client both compile against. Change a field, and both ends refuse to build until they...
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...
