Simple Software Architecture Lessons for New Developers
Simple software architecture starts with saying no. Jerry Nixon’s NDC talk explains what every box does. Learn which ones to skip.
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Role-Based Access Control in Express and Prisma
Most Node tutorials store the role on the user. Fix role-based access control with project memberships, and make missing checks fail the build.
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JWT Logout Does Nothing: Refresh Token Rotation Fixes It
Most JWT logouts revoke nothing. Learn refresh token rotation, reuse detection, and the race condition that logs users out. Fix your logout today.
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Why your Claude Code hooks ignore failing checks
Claude Code hooks that exit 1 get ignored. Learn the exit 2 wrapper and two-tier gate that make Claude fix its own code. Build your first hook today.
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Matt Pocock’s AI Coding Workflow Explained
How Matt Pocock’s AI coding workflow uses grill me, specs, tickets, and old programming books to get better output from agents.
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Zod with Express: Stop Writing your Types Twice
Zod with Express replaces hand-written checks and duplicate interfaces with one schema that validates and types your request body. Start with one route.
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Testcontainers for Postgres: Make Your Tests Actually Fail
A suite of isolation tests that never fail is not a suite. Here is how I moved database tests onto Testcontainers for Postgres so breaking a rule breaks the build.
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What an S3 presigned URL actually signs
An S3 presigned URL pins the bucket, key, and expiry. Not size or type. See how a 400MB file slipped in, and how to sign real constraints instead.
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Building a Background Job Pipeline That Holds Up
Retries turned an 800-person import into 975 rows. Build a background job pipeline with idempotent writes, backoff, and a DLQ — fix your queue today.
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Managing AWS with AI: From Risky to Safe
Managing AWS with AI ranges from reckless to genuinely safe. Learn the permission boundaries that separate the two before you hand an agent your account.
