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Alex Spinov Next.js 15 Has a Free Full-Stack Framework: Server Components, Partial Prerendering, and Turbopack by Default
Next.js 15 is the biggest update since the App Router. Turbopack is now the default bundler. Partial...
Alex Spinov Trigger.dev Has a Free API — Background Jobs for Modern TypeScript Apps
What if you could write background jobs in TypeScript — with retries, scheduling, and observability —...
Alex Spinov Prisma Has a Free ORM: Type-Safe Database Access With Auto-Generated Queries, Migrations, and Studio
Raw SQL gives you control but no type safety. TypeORM uses decorators and class inheritance. Knex.js...
Alex Spinov Vitest Has a Free Test Runner: Jest-Compatible Tests That Run 10x Faster With Native ESM and TypeScript
Jest needs ts-jest for TypeScript, @swc/jest for speed, babel-jest for ESM, and still doesn't support...
Alex Spinov tRPC Has a Free RPC Framework: Full-Stack Type Safety Without Code Generation or Schema Files
GraphQL needs schemas, resolvers, codegen, and a client library. REST needs OpenAPI specs, validation...
Alex Spinov Playwright Has a Free E2E Testing Framework: Cross-Browser Tests That Run in Parallel With Auto-Waiting
Cypress runs only in Chromium. Selenium needs WebDriver setup and flaky waits. Puppeteer doesn't...
Alex Spinov Deno 2 Has a Free Runtime: Node.js Compatibility, Built-in Package Manager, and Native TypeScript
Node.js requires package.json, node_modules, tsconfig.json, a bundler, a linter, a formatter, and a...
Alex Spinov TanStack Query Has a Free Data Fetching Library: Automatic Caching, Background Refetching, and Infinite Scroll Built In
You fetch data with useEffect. You manage loading, error, and success states manually. You cache...
Alex Spinov Trigger.dev Has a Free Background Jobs Framework — Here's How to Use It
Cron jobs on your server crash when it restarts. AWS Lambda has cold starts. Trigger.dev gives you...
Alex Spinov Nanostores Has a Free Framework-Agnostic State Manager — Here's How to Use It
Using React AND Svelte in your micro-frontend? Sharing state between them is a nightmare — unless you...
Alex Spinov AWS CDK Has a Free API: Define Cloud Infrastructure in TypeScript Instead of YAML
AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) lets you define AWS infrastructure using TypeScript, Python, Java, or...
Alex Spinov Terraform CDK Has a Free API: Write Infrastructure as Code in TypeScript Instead of HCL
CDK for Terraform (CDKTF) lets you define multi-cloud infrastructure using TypeScript, Python, Java,...
Alex Spinov Deno 2 Has a Free API That Makes It a Drop-In Replacement for Node.js
Deno 2 is the Node.js-compatible runtime with built-in TypeScript, testing, linting, and package...
Alex Spinov tsx Has a Free API That Runs TypeScript Files Instantly Without Compilation
tsx is the fastest way to run TypeScript in Node.js. No tsconfig. No build step. Just tsx file.ts and...
Alex Spinov Drizzle ORM Has a Free API That Makes SQL Type-Safe Without the Magic
Drizzle ORM is the SQL-first TypeScript ORM. No magic — if you know SQL, you know Drizzle. Its API...
Shane.I got tired of rebuilding multi-step form logic from scratch, so I built FormTrek
Every project I've worked on that needed a multi-step form ended up the same way: a tangle of...