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Alex Spinov tRPC Has a Free Way to Build Type-Safe APIs Without REST or GraphQL
tRPC lets your frontend call backend functions directly with full type safety. No API schema, no code generation, no REST endpoints. Just TypeScript.
Alex Spinov Vitest Has a Free Test Runner That Makes Jest Feel Slow
Vitest runs on Vite's dev server. Tests execute in milliseconds, not seconds. Compatible with Jest's API but 10-20x faster.
Alex Spinov Drizzle ORM Has a Free TypeScript ORM That Feels Like Writing SQL
Drizzle ORM gives you type-safe database queries that look like SQL. Zero runtime overhead, zero code generation, works with Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite.
Alex Spinov Hono Has a Free Ultra-Fast Web Framework for the Edge
Hono is a free, lightweight web framework that runs on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Node.js, and...
Alex Spinov Zod Has a Free TypeScript Schema Validation Library — No Codegen Needed
Zod lets you define schemas once and get TypeScript types, runtime validation, and error messages automatically. Used by tRPC, React Hook Form, and thousands of projects.
Alex Spinov Effect-TS Has a Free TypeScript Standard Library — Production-Grade Error Handling and Concurrency
A TypeScript developer tried to handle errors properly. Try/catch everywhere, forgotten error cases,...
ChrisWhat Running a Sober Living Facility Taught Me About Building a Web3 Startup
TL;DR: Sometimes the best day for your project is the one where you don't write any code. ...
Alex Spinov Convex Has a Free Reactive Backend That Syncs Data to Your Frontend in Real-Time
Convex is a reactive backend-as-a-service. Define your backend in TypeScript — it auto-syncs to your...
shusukeOGenerating 20 Multilingual Promo Videos from React Code with Remotion
How I built a pipeline to generate 20 videos (5 versions x 4 languages) from React components with a single command
Samer IsmailHow OpenClaw Handles Agent Identity Today (It Doesn't) And How to Fix It
How OpenClaw Handles Agent Identity Today (It Doesn't) OpenClaw is one of the most popular...
Alex Spinov Supabase Edge Functions Has Free Serverless Deno Functions — Deploy Globally in Seconds
Supabase Edge Functions gives you 500K free serverless Deno function invocations per month with full database access and global edge deployment.
Alex Spinov Elysia Has a Free Bun Web Framework — 18x Faster Than Express
Elysia is built for Bun from the ground up. End-to-end type safety, 18x faster than Express, and a plugin ecosystem that handles auth, swagger, and WebSockets.
Alex Spinov Apollo GraphQL Has a Free Server and Client for Type-Safe API Development
Apollo Server creates a GraphQL API in minutes. Apollo Client caches, normalizes, and syncs data on the frontend. The most popular GraphQL platform.
JSGuruJobs6 Prisma vs Drizzle Patterns That Cut Serverless Cold Starts by 700ms
Prisma 7 removed the Rust engine and got much faster. Drizzle is still dramatically smaller. Here are...
KernelXWhy Your React Keyboard Handler Always Reads Old State
You add a keyboard shortcut with useEffect. It works — until it doesn't. After a few state updates,...
Ahmed Hany GamalImplementing a JSON Schema Validator from Scratch - Week 5
This was a very insightful week, even though I didn't complete many visible tasks. I properly...