by mguay | Jun 18, 2025 | NestJS, Post
NestJS is a powerful TypeScript framework, but its default compilation (using the TypeScript compiler, tsc) can become a bottleneck as projects grow. SWC (Speedy Web Compiler) is a Rust-based compiler that promises significantly faster build times (up to ~20× faster...
by mguay | May 30, 2025 | Lecture, NestJS, Next.js, Project, React Native
Take your TypeScript skills to the next level by building a production-grade full-stack Todo app with modern tools: - Turborepo for monorepo management and code sharing - PNPM for blazing-fast dependency installs - Next.js + tRPC for a type-safe web frontend - NestJS...
by mguay | Apr 22, 2025 | DevOps, Lecture, NestJS
In this video, I’ll walk you through how to deploy a NestJS application to Railway, fully containerized with Docker, and connected to a PostgreSQL database. You’ll learn how to configure your Dockerfile, set up environment variables, and get your app live with just a...
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 | 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...
