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Alex Spinov Hono Has a Free API — The 14KB Web Framework for Every Runtime
Hono is the ultrafast web framework for the edge — built for Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, and...
Alex Spinov Encore Has a Free Backend Framework That Auto-Generates Infrastructure
Most backend frameworks make you configure infrastructure separately. Encore reads your code and...
Alex Spinov Pulumi Has a Free IaC Platform That Lets You Write Infrastructure in TypeScript
Terraform forces you to learn HCL. Pulumi lets you define infrastructure in TypeScript, Python, Go,...
Alex Spinov Deno Deploy Has a Free Serverless Platform With Zero Config
Deploying a JavaScript/TypeScript server usually means: Dockerfile, build steps, CI pipeline, cloud...
Alex Spinov Drizzle ORM Has Free SQL Superpowers That Make Prisma Feel Bloated
Prisma generates a query engine binary. Drizzle generates zero runtime overhead — it compiles to SQL...
Alex Spinov Trigger.dev Has a Free Background Jobs Platform for TypeScript
Background jobs in Node.js usually mean BullMQ + Redis + worker processes + monitoring. Trigger.dev...
Alex Spinov Val Town Has a Free Cloud Scripting Platform That Runs Code Without Infrastructure
AWS Lambda needs IAM roles, API Gateway, and CloudFormation. Cloudflare Workers need wrangler and...
Prodini AdminHow I Built a Self-Healing Node.js System That Fixes Production Bugs While I Sleep
So I had this problem. I run a couple of Node.js services and every few days something would break in...
Alex Spinov SolidStart Has a Free Framework: Server-Side Rendering with Fine-Grained Reactivity
Why SolidStart? SolidStart is the meta-framework for SolidJS - the UI library with...
Alex Spinov Payload CMS Has a Free Headless CMS That Lives Inside Your Next.js App
Contentful charges per user. Strapi needs a separate server. Sanity has usage limits. Payload CMS...
Alex Spinov Jotai Has a Free Atomic State Manager That Makes React State Actually Simple
Redux has 27 files for a counter app. Zustand simplified it. Jotai made it atomic. Jotai is a...
JSGuruJobs6 API Layer Patterns That Let Small TypeScript Teams Ship Without GraphQL Overhead
typescript, nextjs, trpc, graphql GraphQL solves real problems. But most TypeScript teams in 2026...
Alex Spinov Effect-TS Has a Free Toolkit for Building Bulletproof TypeScript Applications
TypeScript catches type errors at compile time. But what about runtime failures — network timeouts,...
Alex Spinov Biome Has a Free Toolchain That Replaces ESLint and Prettier in One Binary
ESLint + Prettier = 2 tools, 2 configs, 2 sets of plugins, and frequent conflicts between them. Biome...
Alex Spinov Hono Has a Free Web Framework That Runs on Every JavaScript Runtime
Express is tied to Node.js. Fastify is tied to Node.js. Hono runs on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun,...
albert nahasBuilding a Type-Safe Icon System in Next.js
Learn how to build a type-safe icon system in Next.js using SVGs and auto-completed React components. Start creating scalable icons today!