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Development Practices

Using Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY + Server-Sent Events for Real-Time Web Apps

If your web app uses a Postgres database, you're already most of the way to live updates in the browser. Here's how to use LISTEN/NOTIFY.
React / Redux

Improve Asynchronous State UX in React with useOptimistic

React 19’s useOptimistic hook helps reduces annoyances by providing a built-in hook for Optimistic Updates.
React / Redux

The Only Question to Ask Yourself to Decide Between Server and Client Components

Can't decide between server components and client components in React? Here's one question to ask yourself to pick correctly.
Developer Tools

Stupid Network Tricks Using socat

The thing I like about socat is that it's specialized yet has a general purpose. I don't use it daily, but when I need it, it's handy.
Extracurricular Activities

From Zero to Unraid: The Perfect Home Server OS

When you're building a home server, choosing the right operating system can feel overwhelming. My choice? Unraid.
Developer Tools

In the Market for a GraphQL server? Try GraphQL Yoga

My team recently stood up a GraphQL API endpoint with a server called Yoga, and I was pleased with how easy it was to get going.
Extracurricular Activities

Create Network-Wide Automated Protection for Your Home Server

Two tools will help a home server start off strong and open up new avenues to explore through Ansible automation and setting up a local DNS within Pi-hole.
Prisma

A Simple REST API with Prisma, Part 2: The Server

This series covers building a simple REST API using the Prisma ORM and Postgresql. Here, I'll explain how to use this Prisma client in our express server.
Developer Tools

How to Choose the Best GraphQL Server for Your Next Project

After choosing GraphQL to facilitate your backend API development, you still need to decide which implementation of a GraphQL server to use.
Developer Tools

Exporting Neptune Data to a Gremlin Server

Although Amazon does not offer a way to run Neptune locally, Apache Gremlin Server is a close enough approximation for testing and development purposes.
Developer Tools

Tools to Help You Diagnose Issues in a Linux Environment

These are a handful of tools to help you diagnose issues in a Linux environment. They're present in pretty much any Linux-based environment.
Extracurricular Activities

Host a Minecraft server with Docker

If you like to DIY, and you happen to already have a headless computer running 24/7 in your basement, then a Dockerized Minecraft server is pretty neat!

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